| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | SLANGIN' WITH MR. JENNINGS $600: You "take" this letter when you suffer a defeat the L |
| #9078, aired 2024-04-10 | '70s TV DRAMA $1600: Former L.A. Rams star Merlin Olsen played Jonathan Garvey, a neighbor of the Ingalls family on this series Little House on the Prairie |
| #9076, aired 2024-04-08 | DAVID PLAYED $400: In 2007 David Beckham signed a $250 million contract to play for this MLS team the L.A. Galaxy |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | A WARMING TREND $2000: In this Bible book once alluded to by Samuel L. Jackson, "Another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the Lord" Ezekiel |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | DIACRITICAL THINKING $1600: I'm getting a sense of déjà vu; I feel like I've said it's l'accent grave over the A & l'accent this over the E, like, a second ago aigu |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | BEHIND THE MUSIC $1600: A 2008 documentary tells the story of the legendary group of L.A. studio musicians known by this destructive nickname The Wrecking Crew |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | GITALONG, OLD PAINT $2000: As it's by this painter, you might call an 1876 view of the Mediterranean at l'Estaque a "C" scape Paul Cezanne |
| #9053, aired 2024-03-06 | OCCUPATIONS $400: At the L.A. County Museum of Art, Stephanie Barron is a senior one of these in the Department of Modern Art curator |
| #9052, aired 2024-03-05 | PEOPLE NAMED ALEX $800: The first Latino senator from California, Alex Padilla grew up in this L.A. area with a Spanish name the San Fernando Valley |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | A LI'L BALLET, A LI'L OPERA $400: Premiering in Russia in 1890 & also known as "La belle au bois dormant", this ballet features Princess Aurora Sleeping Beauty |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | A LI'L BALLET, A LI'L OPERA $800: In 1967 this man joined the Kirov as a soloist but 8 years later, decided to stop Russian around & defected in Canada Baryshnikov |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | A LI'L BALLET, A LI'L OPERA $1200: It's the 1-letter title of Anthony Davis' bio-opera that made its Metropolitan Opera debut in 2023 X |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | A LI'L BALLET, A LI'L OPERA $1600: In Philip Glass' opera "Akhnaten", the title king & this queen spend quality music time with their 6 kids Nefertiti |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | A LI'L BALLET, A LI'L OPERA $2000: A word for a slender woman sometimes followed by "like", or an air-dwelling being that Scotland is full of, per a classic ballet a sylph |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | 1960s FICTION $200: The Mrs. W's (Whatsit, Who & Which) are guides through the universe in this Madeleine L'Engle classic A Wrinkle in Time |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | POTENT QUOTABLES $600: This cocktail may be dry, like the wit of H.L. Mencken, said to have called it "the only American invention as perfect as the sonnet" a martini |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | I RAN $200: Stop, thief! Though we think of him just trotting around the bases after his home runs, Mike Trout led the A.L. in these in 2012 with 49 steals |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | TOOLS $600: Used on bolts or screws, metric hex keys are known by this letter, their shape a letter L |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | THE "ARE" YOU BREATHE $600: A sanctioned & medically supervised promotion founded in 2018 presents this style of boxing--John L. Sullivan would be proud bare knuckle |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | FINAL RESTING PLACES $1200: This director's tombstone at Westwood Memorial Park in L.A. reads, "I'm a writer but then nobody's perfect" Billy Wilder |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | I'M SO WAVY $400: A man called Krazy George Henderson claims he introduced the wave during a 1981 A.L. playoff game for this Bay Area team the Oakland A's |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | FULL-COURT PRESS $600: The L.A. Times: Overturning it in 2022 was the "most significant curtailing of an established constitutional right" Roe v. Wade |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | DASHIELL HAMMETT $1200: This L.A.-based hard-boiled novelist said Hammett's work took "murder out of the Venetian vase & dropped it into the alley" Raymond Chandler |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | AUTHORS' BIRTHSTONES $400: L. Frank Baum was born in May, so this was his birthstone--might make a great name for a city emerald |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | ALLITERATION $1200: Mustarded or not, this L.A. stadium treat has been eaten in Chavez Ravine since the '60s & close to 3 million are sold each year a Dodger Dog |
| #9008, aired 2024-01-03 | TV CONNECTIONS $200: L.A.
____
& Order Law |
| #9000, aired 2023-12-22 | MOVIE INSPIRATIONS $400: A series of articles in the L.A. Times about people dying in their sleep, perhaps during bad dreams, inspired this 1984 film A Nightmare on Elm Street |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | BOOK TOCK $600: This author created Tik-Tok of Oz, a mechanical man who ran on clockworks L. Frank Baum |
| #8995, aired 2023-12-15 | AN "L" OF A TEAM $400: They "bolt"ed into the NHL in 1992 the (Tampa Bay) Lightning |
| #8995, aired 2023-12-15 | AN "L" OF A TEAM $800: They were still based in the Midwest when they won the first NBA title in 1950 the Lakers |
| #8995, aired 2023-12-15 | AN "L" OF A TEAM $1200: They chop down opponents for Cal Poly Humboldt, & they're okay the Lumberjacks |
| #8995, aired 2023-12-15 | AN "L" OF A TEAM $1600: It's the gender-specific name of the University of Tennessee's women's basketball team the Lady Volunteers |
| #8995, aired 2023-12-15 | AN "L" OF A TEAM $2000: They howl for the University of New Mexico, entiende? the Lobos |
| #8994, aired 2023-12-14 | TENNIS-Y WILLIAMS $200: Venus & Serena grew up in this huge city's suburb of Compton, better known for rappers than groundstrokers L.A. |
| #8992, aired 2023-12-12 | HAVE YOU 8? $1000: When filled, the L-shell around a nucleus will have 8 of these in it electrons |
| #8987, aired 2023-12-05 | TO "L" WITH SCIENCE $400: A tree branch, or a solar flare seen at the edge of the Sun a limb |
| #8987, aired 2023-12-05 | TO "L" WITH SCIENCE $800: When you activate a light stick, the chemicals within react to produce this type of cold light luminescence |
| #8987, aired 2023-12-05 | TO "L" WITH SCIENCE $1000: 5-letter term for a center of activity, or the position of a gene on a chromosome a locus |
| #8987, aired 2023-12-05 | FLAGS $1200: A seminal L.A. punk band of the 1980s, or what a NASCAR driver gets if he's caught speeding on pit road Black Flag |
| #8987, aired 2023-12-05 | TO "L" WITH SCIENCE $1,400 (Daily Double): Any of a hydrophobic group of organic compounds, including fats & oils a lipid |
| #8984, aired 2023-11-30 | QUOTABLE QUOTES $800: Following the 1992 L.A. riots, he asked, "Can we all get along?" Rodney King |
| #8982, aired 2023-11-28 | FOREIGN LANGUAGE $400: In French, l'oiseau is this; it sports les plumes a bird |
| #8982, aired 2023-11-28 | NAME THAT 1990s YEAR $1600: An earthquake levels buildings & overpasses in L.A. on January 17 1994 |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | "N-I-A-L" AIN'T A RIVER IN EGYPT $200: It's the term for a 200th anniversary; the United States celebrated one in 1976 bicentennial |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | "N-I-A-L" AIN'T A RIVER IN EGYPT $400: Stereotypes about this demographic -- also known as "Gen Y" -- include "tech-savvy" & "saddled with student loan debt" millennial |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | "N-I-A-L" AIN'T A RIVER IN EGYPT $600: It describes the "first pitch" thrown by a guest of honor at a baseball game -- a nice way of saying it doesn't actually count ceremonial |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | "N-I-A-L" AIN'T A RIVER IN EGYPT $800: Showcasing life in the 18th century, this Virginia attraction calls itself "the world's largest living history museum" Colonial Williamsburg |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | "N-I-A-L" AIN'T A RIVER IN EGYPT $1000: It's the 2000 comedy with the Sandra Bullock line, "I'm in a dress, I have gel in my hair... & I'm armed. Don't mess with me" Miss Congeniality |
| #8967, aired 2023-11-07 | DUDE-ER-ONOMY $1200: On this drama, Kendall Roy rapped to his dad, Logan, "L to the OG, dude be the OG, A-N be playin', playin' like a pro, see" Succession |
| #8966, aired 2023-11-06 | A "LA" CARTE $1200: Stick around after visiting the L.A. County Museum of Art & you can see this gooey attraction right next door the La Brea Tar Pits |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | TAKE THE "A" TRAINING $600: In L.A. you can study the Meisner technique at the Elizabeth Mestnik Studio of this Acting |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | BRITISH SPELLING BEE $400: In England Walt Disney would have had a "Wonderful World of" this C-O-L-O-U-R |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | BRITISH SPELLING BEE $1000: Good Britons recycle this metal in their soft-drink cans A-L-U-M-I-N-I-U-M |
| #8949, aired 2023-10-12 | SPOOKY LITERATURE $600: (Justin Long presents the clue.) "Welcome to Dead House" from 1992 was the first of the books in the "Goosebumps" series by this author that by now has sold a spooky number of copies (R.L.) Stine |
| #8949, aired 2023-10-12 | "L" ON EARTH $1200: This principality of Central Europe covers a scant 62 square miles in area Liechtenstein |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | ALL YOU NEED IS "L-O-V-E" $100: A company called "London" this "tours" provides "a whirlwind tour of the history of the British public toilet" loo |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | ALL YOU NEED IS "L-O-V-E" $200: Bert Lahr, who played the Cowardly Lion in "The Wizard of Oz", was fittingly born under this zodiac sign symbolized by a lion a Leo |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | WOULDA, COULDA, SHOULDA $200: The credo "Shoulda, coulda, and woulda won't get it done" led Pat Riley to 4 NBA titles coaching this team the L.A. Lakers |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | ALL YOU NEED IS "L-O-V-E" $300: Led Zeppelin warned that this type of wall is "going to break", while Don McLean lamented that it was dry a levee |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | ALL YOU NEED IS "L-O-V-E" $400: This Swedish automaker's museum features a full-sized XC90 SUV made from Legos Volvo |
| #8946, aired 2023-10-09 | ELTON JOHN SONGS $800: "Blue jean baby, L.A. lady, seamstress for the band" "Tiny Dancer" |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | NO CAP $600: It's a domesticated woolly relative of the camel
_ L _ _ _ _ alpaca |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | NO CAP $900: It can be a type of joke or the title "Cats" in a T.S. Eliot book of poems
_ R _ _ T I _ _ L practical |
| #8941, aired 2023-10-02 | THEY PLAYED WYATT EARP $1600: After he solved crimes in L.A. as Jim Rockford, he played the aging Earp doing the same in "Sunset" James Garner |
| #8940, aired 2023-09-29 | POEMS ABOUT POETRY $1200: Youth poet laureate of L.A. in 2014 / Already quite the sensation / But she made her name / & rocketed to fame at the '21 inauguration (Amanda) Gorman |
| #8937, aired 2023-09-26 | ABOUT FACE TATTOO $600: If you don't like the L.A. Dodgers logo near the right eye of this West Side rapper, don't hate the playa--hate the... The Game |
| #8937, aired 2023-09-26 | SHATTERING ALLUSIONS $800: The double whammy goes back to Evil-Eye Fleegle, a character in this Al Capp strip Li'l Abner |
| #8931, aired 2023-09-18 | IT BELONGS IN THIS MUSEUM $1000: "Christ's Entry into Brussels in 1889" by James Ensor parades through this L.A. museum named for an oil magnate the Getty |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | STRAIGHT FIRE $200: L'Oreal's Colorista is just about the coolest thing ever to give this of yours a little more flair hair |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | I'M JUST A BILL, BILLY OR WILLIAM $600: Billy Joel's time playing a lounge in L.A. led to this, Billy's first Top 40 hit; great tune, but "tonic & gin" still sounds weird "Piano Man" |
| #8927, aired 2023-09-12 | THE U.S. IN 1964 $1000: In a landmark case the Supreme Court ruled that this newspaper had not libeled Alabama city commissioner L.B. Sullivan the New York Times |
| #8926, aired 2023-09-11 | KIN $600: In 2004 this distant cousin of "Trees" poet Joyce took to the L.A. stage as Moses in "The Ten Commandments" Val Kilmer |
| #8916, aired 2023-07-17 | FISH PEOPLE $400: In 2022 this L.A. Angel with a cutthroat swing won his 9th Silver Slugger Award (Mike) Trout |
| #8910, aired 2023-07-07 | HOTEL CALIFORNIA $1000: The historic Hotel Atwater on this island south of L.A. dates from the 1920s Santa Catalina |
| #8908, aired 2023-07-05 | MATH ABBREVIATIONS & SYMBOLS $400: The symbol for a right angle looks like this letter L |
| #8904, aired 2023-06-29 | WORLD "L" $400: In 2001 it officially joined Newfoundland in the name of a Canadian province Labrador |
| #8904, aired 2023-06-29 | WORLD "L" $1200: This longest river entirely within France flows through a valley of the same name the Loire |
| #8903, aired 2023-06-28 | GET KOALA-FIED $600: When your baby has a li'l accident at the diner, head swiftly to a koala kare, one of these 2-word platforms in the restroom a changing table |
| #8903, aired 2023-06-28 | RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES $1200: An L.A. prosecutor, explaining the difference: "Robbery is a crime against a person, while" this "is a crime against a building or thing" burglary |
| #8897, aired 2023-06-20 | LET'S STICK TOGETHER $2000: Put on this old "L.P.", a thick white adhesive that, as you might guess, can be used for bookbinding library paste |
| #8889, aired 2023-06-08 | YES, YOU CANAL $5,600 (Daily Double): In 1913 the L.A. Times noted an event celebrated at this site would "be known as the 'wedding of the oceans"' the Panama Canal |
| #8886, aired 2023-06-05 | THE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM $600: Matthew Stafford &
Odell Beckham Jr. the L.A. Rams |
| #8886, aired 2023-06-05 | THE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM $1000: In 1985, the teammates seen here the Edmonton Oilers |
| #15, aired 2023-05-22 | AMERICANS IN PROTEST $200: It's the L-A in LULAC, a civil rights organization founded at Salon Obreros y Obreras in Corpus Christi in 1929 Latin American |
| #8874, aired 2023-05-18 | MAGAZINES $400: "Biscuits & Jam" is a podcast hosted by Sid Evans, editor-in-chief of this regional magazine abbreviated S.L. Southern Living |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | SECRETS OF THE ANGELENOS $200: In "Annie Hall" it's called L.A.'s only cultural advantage; now some want it eliminated for pedestrian safety the right turn on red |
| #14, aired 2023-05-17 | SECRETS OF THE ANGELENOS $400: A columnist wrote that next to the Black Dahlia, L.A.'s biggest whodunit is who killed this streetcar system aka Pacific Electric the Red Car |
| #8871, aired 2023-05-15 | IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD $1200: L.A.'s Museum Row is on a stretch of Wilshire Blvd. between La Brea & Fairfax known by this wondrous & alliterative name the Miracle Mile |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | CLASSIC MOVIES $600: John Singleton was the first African-American directing Oscar nominee with this film, set in South Central L.A. where he grew up Boyz n the Hood |
| #8866, aired 2023-05-08 | AMERICAN WOMAN $2000: A self-titled 1961 L.P. of arias sung by this great "L.P." is known to opera lovers as the "Blue Album" Leontyne Price |
| #8862, aired 2023-05-02 | EAT FOOD. NOT TOO MUCH. MOSTLY PLANTS $800: A dish prepared "à l'Argenteuil" means served with stalks of this green veggie asparagus |
| #8852, aired 2023-04-18 | LET'S GUESS YOUR WAIT $600: After an 86-year drought without winning a World Series, this A.L. team has now won 4 of them in the last 19 years the Boston Red Sox |
| #8851, aired 2023-04-17 | TV BEFORE & AFTER $1200: Harry Hamlin & Susan Dey leave the courtroom to investigate sex crimes in New York with Mariska Hargitay L.A. Law & Order: SVU |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | OUR NATION OF IMMIGRATION $2000: Mexican street food in L.A. includes the memelas & tlayudas of this southwestern state bordering Chiapas Oaxaca |
| #8843, aired 2023-04-05 | SCHOOL OF MUSIC $1600: At L.A.'s Fairfax High, he showed a flair for poetry, later heard in his Red Hot Chili Peppers songs Anthony Kiedis |
| #8842, aired 2023-04-04 | TARANTINO FILMS $400: Hitman Samuel L. Jackson gets what he considers "divine intervention", as well as a Big Kahuna burger & a Sprite, in this movie Pulp Fiction |
| #8842, aired 2023-04-04 | SHALL FOLLOW ME $800: In 1992 a stolen car followed by the CHP, this organization, became L.A.'s first live TV police chase as KCOP broke into a "Matlock" rerun the California Highway Patrol |
| #8842, aired 2023-04-04 | PAINT ME A PICTURE $1600: Manet's scandalous "Le Dejeuner sur l'herbe" is known as this in English Luncheon on the Grass |
| #8831, aired 2023-03-20 | & EYE $1000: Referring to the device used, these 2 words are the "L-A" in LASIK eye surgery laser-assisted |
| #8828, aired 2023-03-15 | LITERARY VILLAINS $400: In a Dodie Smith children's book, this evil heiress wants to turn several dozens of cute li'l furballs into a fur coat Cruella de Vil |
| #8826, aired 2023-03-13 | THE BIG BANG THEORY $200: The 1883 Krakatoa eruption was heard 3,000 miles away; that's like hearing something in L.A. when you're in this Rhode Island capital Providence |
| #8824, aired 2023-03-09 | FIRST WORDS $400: It's from the Latin for "beginning", or a letter like the L in Samuel L. Jackson an initial |
| #8816, aired 2023-02-27 | BEGINS & ENDS WITH "L" $800: It's the part of a suit jacket on which someone wears a boutonniere lapel |
| #8814, aired 2023-02-23 | AUTHORS' ALMA MATERS $400: A Buckeye by birth, R.L. Stine also attended this university where he edited the Sundial Ohio State |
| #8814, aired 2023-02-23 | ANNUAL EVENTS $2000: The jazz festival named for these L.A. towers built by Simon Rodia has been grooving annually since 1976 the Watts Towers |
| #8805, aired 2023-02-10 | DON'T FALL IN! $400: Kids, don't fall in a big hole being dug for this base of a building; here's the 90-foot deep one for L.A.'s Wilshire Grand foundation |
| #8804, aired 2023-02-09 | LIFE LINES $800: A song from this musical says, "To life, to life, L'chaim!, L'chaim, L'chaim, to life!" Fiddler on the Roof |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | WIL(L), WILLEM OR WILLIAM $200: After landing in a cloaked Klingon ship in Golden Gate Park in "Star Trek IV", this actor says, "Everybody remember where we parked" William Shatner |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | WIL(L), WILLEM OR WILLIAM $500: We got a kick out of watching William Zabka return to the dojo in the role of Johnny Lawrence on this Netflix show Cobra Kai |
| #8787, aired 2023-01-17 | THE REAL REAL HOUSEWIVES OF... $400: ...this L.A.-area city bask in the fact that realtor.com says the median listing home price is $1,400 per square foot Beverly Hills |
| #8787, aired 2023-01-17 | EMMY WINNERS $1600: This series about a New York doctor in Cicely, Alaska beat out "L.A. Law", among others, to win Best Drama Series at the 1992 Emmys Northern Exposure |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $400: Until disallowed by the L.A. Coliseum, a live bear would take the field at home football games for this school UCLA (the University of California Los Angeles) |
| #8780, aired 2023-01-06 | WE'RE ON THE CASE $600: In French, a clever remark you only think of after you've left is esprit de l'escalier, "wit of" this structure a staircase |
| #8779, aired 2023-01-05 | SO THAT HAPPENED $200: 79 A.D.:
It's Stabiae vs. this volcano--Stabiae takes the L Vesuvius |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | L'HISTOIRE DE FRANCE $800: 1804 to 1815 is known as the Empire Period; in the decorative arts it featured swans, a symbol of this empress Josephine |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | L'HISTOIRE DE FRANCE $1200: Named for a war minister, this 1930s "Line" of forts & small concrete bunkers, built to stop the Germans, didn't the Maginot Line |
| #8771, aired 2022-12-26 | SOUNDS LIKE A UNIVERSITY $800: Cereal grain
+
12th letter of the alphabet corn L |
| #8769, aired 2022-12-22 | WE COME TO THIS PLACE FOR... $800: ...laughs, at this L.A. "Store" opened in 1972 on Sunset Blvd., with notable alumni like Billy Crystal & Eddie Murphy The Comedy Store |
| #8765, aired 2022-12-16 | THE SCALES $800: The Moon is nearly invisible at "L=0", the lowest level on the Danjon scale, measuring its brightness during this event an eclipse |
| #8764, aired 2022-12-15 | GIVING YOU SOME T-L-C $400: Reggie's bringing the potato salad & Veronica, the stew to this type of supper a potluck |
| #8764, aired 2022-12-15 | GIVING YOU SOME T-L-C $800: It's the birdie you bop in badminton a shuttlecock |
| #8762, aired 2022-12-13 | 4 FUNERALS & ANOTHER FUNERAL $600: 47 years after the OK Corral, his pallbearers in L.A. included silent movie Western star Tom Mix & a former mayor of Tombstone (Wyatt) Earp |
| #8752, aired 2022-11-29 | CAST UPON THE WATERS $400: Snakes didn't get Samuel L. Jackson in "Deep Blue Sea"--a mako one of these did; Thomas Jane & Michael Rapaport could only watch a shark |
| #8751, aired 2022-11-28 | THAT'S MAJOR $1200: Major League Soccer began playing in the U.S. in 1996 with 10 teams, including the N.Y./N.J. Metrostars & this team playing for Los Angeles the (L.A.) Galaxy |
| #8746, aired 2022-11-21 | WRITERS & THEIR WORKS $400: More than a decade before "A Wrinkle in Time", she wrote her first book for kids, "And Both Were Young" L'Engle |
| #8746, aired 2022-11-21 | SPORTS $1000: This superstar forward, for both the Minneapolis & L.A. Lakers, was GM of the L.A. Clippers for 22 years (Elgin) Baylor |
| #8745, aired 2022-11-18 | PAINT SAMPLES $10,000 (Daily Double): Don't try to pet the cat in a tricky canvas by Louis-Leopold Boilly, who invented this French term trompe-l'œil |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | DRIVING IN L.A. $200: L.A. fans are notorious for pulling out of this venue onto Vin Scully Avenue around the 7th inning to beat the traffic Dodger Stadium |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | DRIVING IN L.A. $400: L.A. lore says when Johnny Carson asked Bette Davis how a young actress could get into here, Bette said, "Take Fountain" Hollywood |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | DRIVING IN L.A. $600: You can tell "The Big Sleep" was written 80+ years ago--the hero drives "through Pasadena & almost at once I was in" groves of these orange trees |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | DRIVING IN L.A. $800: This person who takes your keys may be a future star; Bill Paxton did that job at the Beverly Hills Hotel a valet |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | DRIVING IN L.A. $1000: The 1950 movie with this title is about an hour & 50 minutes; it'll take about that long to drive the same-named 22-mile road Sunset Boulevard |
| #8738, aired 2022-11-09 | ONOMATOPOEIA $2000: "The Bells" pairs clamor with this word that also starts with "C-L-A" clangor |
| #8732, aired 2022-11-01 | VWLLSS HWN $400: A garland:
L lei |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | PITCH PERFECT $100: Talk about Go Blue!
Clayton Kershaw pitched well enough for this team in 2014 to win 21 games & the National League MVP award the Dodgers |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | IN THE PARK $1500: Griffith Park in L.A. is home to one of these scientific places for stargazing (the kind in the sky, not the celebs) an observatory |
| #8707, aired 2022-09-27 | ALPHANUMERICS $1200: This type of wild cat with many names has a superstar in P-22, prowling the canyons of the L.A. area for years puma (cougar or mountain lion) |
| #8700, aired 2022-09-16 | 2022 GEOGRA-FEE $1000: Flying Emirates--first class, natch!--from L.A. to DXB, the airport serving this city, could set you back $16k, just one way Dubai |
| #8698, aired 2022-09-14 | AFRICA $1600: Adopted in 1960, the national anthem of this country of western Africa is "L'Abidjanaise" the Ivory Coast |
| #8696, aired 2022-09-12 | ON THE ROAD AGAIN $800: In a song by Phantom Planet, this 3-digit highway that takes you from L.A. to S.F. sort of rhymes with "California Here We Come" the 101 |
| #8696, aired 2022-09-12 | THAT'S SO SIR/REEL! $1200: The maitre d' at L'Idiot in "L.A. Story" & also giving a thoughtful performance in "X-Men" Sir Patrick Stewart |
| #8696, aired 2022-09-12 | CANADIAN HISTORY $2000: A World Heritage Site, these Newfoundland meadows contain the first evidence of Europeans in the New World L'Anse aux Meadows |
| #8695, aired 2022-07-29 | JUST TAKE THE L $200: Take the L out of a beer league sport (in an alley) & you get an act of showing respect bowing & bowling |
| #8695, aired 2022-07-29 | JUST TAKE THE L $400: Take the L out of a beer league sport (on ice) & you get an act of healing a disease curling & curing |
| #8695, aired 2022-07-29 | JUST TAKE THE L $600: The sticker identifying the contents of a bottle drops an L to be a doomed man in the Bible label & Abel |
| #8695, aired 2022-07-29 | JUST TAKE THE L $800: Another term for a merry-go-round loses an L to go party & get its drink on in a big way carousel & carouse |
| #8695, aired 2022-07-29 | JUST TAKE THE L $1000: A word describing mild weather mildly drops an L to become a major part of concrete clement & cement |
| #8694, aired 2022-07-28 | AUTHORS $1600: Asked whether she'd call "A Wrinkle in Time" science fiction or fantasy, this author suggested "science fantasy" Madeleine L'Engle |
| #8686, aired 2022-07-18 | TROPHY HUSBAND $2000: L.A. Musicians Institute was the meeting place of Jae Lin & this husband, a 2022 Grammy winner with Silk Sonic partner Bruno Mars Anderson Paak |
| #8683, aired 2022-07-13 | WORD "L" $800: A marine one of these equals 3 nautical miles a league |
| #8683, aired 2022-07-13 | WORD "L" $1200: To mix with a modifying substance, or to produce fermentation in dough leaven |
| #8683, aired 2022-07-13 | WORD "L" $2000: A region of Sparta gives us this word meaning extremely concise in speech laconic |
| #8676, aired 2022-07-04 | BYE, GEORGE $1000: On June 23, 1937 this American composer complained of headaches, & an L.A. hospital diagnosed hysteria; on July 11 he died George Gershwin |
| #8670, aired 2022-06-24 | CITY PARK-ING PLACES $3,000 (Daily Double): An 1880s deal between George Patton's dad & L.A. led to a park later named for this other World War II general in 1942 (Douglas) MacArthur Park |
| #8665, aired 2022-06-17 | THINK PINK $400: In 1939 Paul & Betty Pink began selling soda & these from a cart on La Brea & Melrose in L.A. & the rest is history hot dogs |
| #8664, aired 2022-06-16 | GET OUT $800: Get out there & meet someone, then 7 minutes later meet someone else in this system invented by an L.A. rabbi in the 1990s speed dating |
| #8656, aired 2022-06-06 | ON THE COAST $400: Manuel Antonio is a magnificent beach in this Costa-l country of Central America Costa Rica |
| #8653, aired 2022-06-01 | BALLPARK FUN $1,000 (Daily Double): Traditionally, home fans of this A.L. East team give particular emphasis to yelling "O!" during the national anthem the Baltimore Orioles |
| #8649, aired 2022-05-26 | MOVIE CO-STARS $2000: In "Die Hard with a Vengeance" & "Unbreakable": Bruce Willis & him Samuel L. Jackson |
| #8646, aired 2022-05-23 | TV $1200: Lux is the L.A. nightclub owned by this title character, last name Morningstar Lucifer |
| #8644, aired 2022-05-19 | TV PERSONALITIES $1200: A judge on "The Great British Baking Show", this man who sounds right at home in L.A. provides recipes for the BBC Paul Hollywood |
| #8633, aired 2022-05-04 | THE REALITY OF TV $800: The 2021 "Homecoming" of the L.A. season of this '90s MTV show had the cast including David & Tami relive the blanket incident The Real World |
| #8624, aired 2022-04-21 | CALIFORNIA $1000: This city about midway between L.A. & Sin City is mentioned in the first sentence of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" Barstow |
| #8623, aired 2022-04-20 | ACTORS, INITIALLY $1000: J.L.M.,
a cop on "Law & Order" & "The Flash" Jesse L. Martin |
| #8619, aired 2022-04-14 | CELEBRITIES' FIRSTS $1200: This Harvard grad & future talk show host's first L.A. apartment was at Cochran & 3rd, $380 a month, living on tuna & miracle whip Conan O'Brien |
| #8617, aired 2022-04-12 | I HAVE A PLAN $2000: The 1791 plan for Washington, D.C. with diagonal axes over a more conventional grid was named for this Paris-born man (Pierre) L'Enfant |
| #8615, aired 2022-04-08 | DONE THAT $600: Born in Toronto, this architect designed L.A.'s Walt Disney Concert Hall for his adopted hometown (Frank) Gehry |
| #8610, aired 2022-04-01 | THANK YOU, THE INTERNET $800: Videos of people taking this "Challenge" in 2014 raised $115 million for the association fighting A.L.S. the Ice Bucket Challenge |
| #8608, aired 2022-03-30 | MULTI-SPORT ATHLETES $800: A few career highlights: he won the Heisman at Auburn, ran for 221 yards in one game for the Raiders, & was an A.L. all-star Bo Jackson |
| #8607, aired 2022-03-29 | PHOTOGRAPHY $200: Attaching the camera to a tripod with an L-bracket allows for easier rotation from landscape to this orientation portrait |
| #8600, aired 2022-03-18 | EASY PEASY $800: After "The Fly", Jeff Goldblum reunited with Geena Davis in this comedy about 3 aliens who want to party in L.A. Earth Girls Are Easy |
| #8600, aired 2022-03-18 | EASY PEASY $1000: Given first name Ezekiel, this fictional detective worked the Watts area of L.A. starting in the 1940s Easy Rawlins |
| #8590, aired 2022-03-04 | THE ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE $400: In a work by L. Frank Baum, the Scarecrow & this character are captured by a female giant & turned into a bear & an owl the Tin Man |
| #8590, aired 2022-03-04 | TRANSPORTATION $800: California's dream of this high-speed train from L.A. to San Francisco is now a hope to finish the Merced-Bakersfield route by 2030 a bullet train |
| #8587, aired 2022-03-01 | SUNDAY IN THE PARK $600: It's one of these geometric gatherings of joyous sound; one at L.A.'s Griffith Park has been around since the late 1990s a drum circle |
| #8587, aired 2022-03-01 | EDUCATORS $800: Bolivian émigré Jaime Escalante's dedication to teaching calculus to "unteachable" L.A. kids was featured in this 1988 film Stand and Deliver |
| #18, aired 2022-02-22 | FOOD COMBOS $1000: In L.A., foodies & locals like to dine at "Roscoe's House of" these paired foods Chicken & Waffles |
| #8578, aired 2022-02-16 | NAVAL CONFLICT $1000: Octavian cut the communications of this fellow second triumvirate member & handed him a big L at the Battle of Actium Mark Antony |
| #10, aired 2022-02-15 | 10-LETTER WORDS $1600: 10-letter word for background music written to accompany a play, like Bizet's for 1872's "L'Arlesienne" incidental |
| #8, aired 2022-02-11 | TV, STREAMED $400: The devil didn't go down to Georgia, he went up to L.A. to open a nightclub & solve murders on this Netflix show Lucifer |
| #8574, aired 2022-02-10 | AMUSING CANADIANS $400: Cheech Marin was born in L.A. but this "Up in Smoke" partner of his is from Edmonton, man Tommy Chong |
| #5, aired 2022-02-10 | BEFORE & AFTER $600: "Great Bear" constellation with teams like the L.A. Galaxy in it Ursa Major League Soccer |
| #8572, aired 2022-02-08 | HIS BIG PAINT SALE $1200: In 2021 this well-heeled L.A. museum paid a cool $53 million for a painting by Gustave Caillebotte the Getty |
| #8569, aired 2022-02-03 | THE 20th CENTURY $200: Her death following a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel produced worldwide mourning Princess Diana |
| #8564, aired 2022-01-27 | TRANSPORTATION $200: Chicago to Minneapolis & Las Vegas to L.A. are top routes on this bus line that advises "Leave the driving to us" Greyhound |
| #8557, aired 2022-01-18 | A PART OF IT $600: Brayan Villarreal threw just 4 pitches for this A.L. team led by David Ortiz in 2013 but got a World Series ring anyway the Red Sox |
| #8555, aired 2022-01-14 | MISS, MR. OR MRS. SONG $1000: E.L.O.:
"A celebration," he's "up there waitin"' "Mr. Blue Sky" |
| #8553, aired 2022-01-12 | CLASSIC SITCOMS $400: On this sitcom Will Smith played a fictionalized version of himself, sent from Philly to live with rich relatives in L.A. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air |
| #8553, aired 2022-01-12 | IRON MAN $1000: Called the NBA's Iron Man, A.C. Green played 1,192 consecutive games & also collected 3 championship rings with this team the L.A. Lakers |
| #8547, aired 2022-01-04 | RECENT POP CULTURE $800: This scary "road" is a 2021 trilogy of horror films on Netflix adapted from R.L. Stine's books Fear Street |
| #8547, aired 2022-01-04 | FAMOUS AMERICANS ON STAGE $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1908, this author toured in a stage show called "The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays" L. Frank Baum |
| #8542, aired 2021-12-28 | TOOLS $200: This L-shaped metal wrench with hexagonal ends bears a manufacturing company's name an Allen wrench |
| #8534, aired 2021-12-16 | LITERARY MUSEUMS $400: Head to Wamego, Kansas for a museum dedicated to this fictional land created by L. Frank Baum Oz |
| #8534, aired 2021-12-16 | PROTEST SONGS $1600: "Killing In The Name" was this L.A. band's reaction to the beating of Rodney King & its aftermath Rage Against the Machine |
| #8532, aired 2021-12-14 | AN AD JUNKED $400: L'Oréal & Lancôme ads have been junked because of the misleading overuse of this, a verb that is also an Adobe brand Photoshop |
| #8526, aired 2021-12-06 | WE GET LETTERS $2000: It's the symbol for the metric unit equal to a cubic decimeter L |
| #8524, aired 2021-12-02 | POP CULTURE-POURRI $1200: Conservatorship hearings in L.A. in 2021 attracted supporters of the movement known by this 2-word hashtag Free Britney |
| #8520, aired 2021-11-26 | L'HISTOIRE FRANCAISE $800: In 1942 U.S. ships fought a French naval force off Casablanca, then controlled by this collaborationist regime Vichy (France) |
| #8514, aired 2021-11-18 | AMEND THE AMENDMENT $600: 6th: "The accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public freeway" (there's an amendment L.A. can really get behind!) trial |
| #8511, aired 2021-11-15 | WHAT "A" TEAM! $600: They were N.L. champs in 2005 & A.L. champs in 2017 the Astros |
| #8504, aired 2021-11-04 | EPONYMOUS -ISMs $5,000 (Daily Double): A 1950 L.A. Times column said the "defect of" this seemed to be the senator for whom it was named McCarthyism |
| #8502, aired 2021-11-02 | UNPACK YOUR ADJECTIVES $800: There's a double "L" in the middle of this adjective meaning morose or gloomily silent sullen |
| #8497, aired 2021-10-26 | TV SHOW OPENING CREDITS $1000: Beautiful people frolic around L.A.; Heather Locklear is somehow a "Special Guest Star" for 6 1/2 of 7 seasons Melrose Place |
| #8483, aired 2021-10-06 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $1200: Barack Obama transferred to Columbia, but said his 2 years at this L.A. college "really helped me grow up" Occidental |
| #8467, aired 2021-09-14 | CENTRAL AMERICAN CAPITALS $2000: It took 15 years to finish Panama City's Biomuseo, designed by this L.A. man; the nearby canal took 5 less, but he didn't design that (Frank) Gehry |
| #8465, aired 2021-08-13 | THE LATE, GREAT CHADWICK BOSEMAN $600: The L.A. Dodgers tweeted, "From playing legendary figures to becoming one, we'll never forget your iconic performance as" him (Jackie) Robinson |
| #8461, aired 2021-08-09 | THE LETTER AFTER M $1000: ...to abbreviate a unit of capacity equal to 0.03381 fluid ounce L |
| #8453, aired 2021-07-28 | JARGON $800: In music, players of these may do a paradiddle, a pattern alternating hands:
R-L-R-R,
L-R-L-L drums |
| #8443, aired 2021-07-14 | MUSIC, IN THE CLASSICAL SENSE $2000: Really putting the "O" in orchestra, E.L.O. did a live performance of "In The Hall Of The Mountain King" by this composer Grieg |
| #8425, aired 2021-06-18 | DRAMA SERIES WRITING EMMYS $1200: This man was nominated for "Twin Peaks" in 1990 but lost out to David E. Kelley for an episode of "L.A. Law" (David) Lynch |
| #8422, aired 2021-06-15 | FACE THE PERFORMER $200: Ming-Na Wen was marvelous as Melinda May, a one-woman cavalry on this ABC series Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. |
| #8417, aired 2021-06-08 | L-M-N $1200: It's the type of horse seen frolicking here a palomino |
| #8417, aired 2021-06-08 | L-M-N $1600: It's the highest or utmost point of something a culmination |
| #8417, aired 2021-06-08 | L-M-N $4,800 (Daily Double): Hammurabi's code specified this as a payment of one piece of silver to a former wife by her former husband alimony |
| #8410, aired 2021-05-28 | PHILHARMONIC CONVERGENCE $200: Arturo Toscanini, Marin Alsop & the L.A. Phil's own Gustavo Dudamel are famous for this job conductor |
| #8405, aired 2021-05-21 | ALSO KNOWN AS $400: Kids in this country learn to draw their homeland as a 6-sided figure, so the nickname "l'Hexagone" makes sense France |
| #8398, aired 2021-05-12 | 'CAUSE WE SPELL GOOD $600: Here's a colonel of truth--"colonel" ain't spelled right in that phrase; please spell out this homophone, the gist of an idea K-E-R-N-E-L |
| #8390, aired 2021-04-30 | AROUND LOS ANGELES $400: When Quincy Jones came to L.A., he didn't know Sunset but knew of Central Ave., hub of this music style & now of a festival for it jazz |
| #8390, aired 2021-04-30 | AROUND LOS ANGELES $600: Great views of L.A. can be had at lofty Griffith Park Observatory & great movie locations too, like in this 1955 James Dean film Rebel Without a Cause |
| #8390, aired 2021-04-30 | AROUND LOS ANGELES $800: Today a major symbol of L.A., this was set up in 1923 as an advertisement for new homes for sale in the area the Hollywood Sign |
| #8387, aired 2021-04-27 | SINGLE-NAMED SINGERS' LAST NAMES $800: L.A.-born $inger-$ongwriter Sebert Kesha |
| #8386, aired 2021-04-26 | FEMALE AUTHORS & SOME MALE ONES, TOO $1200: Joseph Wambaugh is best known for writing about this profession in which he served in L.A. for 14 years a police officer |
| #8378, aired 2021-04-14 | MALFUNCTION $2000: This engineer's L.A. Aqueduct worked fine, but his St. Francis Dam north of the city collapsed in 1928, flooding Ventura County William Mulholland |
| #8373, aired 2021-04-07 | STARTS & ENDS WITH "L" $400: The majority of our household trash ends up in one of these a landfill |
| #8373, aired 2021-04-07 | STARTS & ENDS WITH "L" $1200: Politicians figuratively do this when they trade favors to get support for a bill logroll |
| #8372, aired 2021-04-06 | BADJECTIVES $1200: Drop an "L" from the beginning of a word meaning "legal" to get this truly bad adjective awful |
| #8369, aired 2021-04-01 | SAFE AT HOME $200: The Sentry S6770 safe is U.L. classified to protect valuables for 1 hour during one of these a fire |
| #8363, aired 2021-03-24 | THE NEBULA AWARDS $200: The Dramatic Presentation Award is named for this Martian chronicler who joined the L.A. Science Fiction League in 1937 Bradbury |
| #8361, aired 2021-03-22 | HISTORY $1600: Echoing a name from about 19 centuries before, Toussaint L'Ouverture, who led a slave revolt in Haiti, was known as "The Black" this Spartacus |
| #8351, aired 2021-03-08 | PORT "L" $4,000 (Daily Double): Meaning "the harbor", this French port was the seat of the Belgian government for a time during World War I Le Havre |
| #8337, aired 2021-02-16 | HOOPS $800: WNBA teams include the New York Liberty, the Phoenix Mercury & these fire starters of Los Angeles the L.A. Sparks |
| #8328, aired 2021-02-03 | SCIENTISTS $600: Pierre-Gilles de Gennes won a Nobel Prize for explaining the behavior of these "L.C."s whose "D" is used in video screens liquid crystals |
| #8322, aired 2021-01-26 | LOCATION $400: Clubs like the Whisky a Go Go & the Roxy are on "The Strip", this L.A. boulevard the Sunset Strip |
| #8315, aired 2021-01-15 | U.S. CITIES $2000: About midway between L.A. & San Francisco, Fresno was founded by this railroad co.; Leland Stanford was said to have picked the site the Central Pacific |
| #8305, aired 2020-12-18 | MOVING $1000: B.O.L. is short for this, basically a customer's itemized contract with a moving company bill of lading |
| #8298, aired 2020-12-09 | NEWSPAPERS $400: By circulation it's the largest newspaper in California The L.A. Times |
| #8289, aired 2020-11-26 | IT'S LIKE MAINE $800: A Maine-stay in the clothing business, he said, "Outdoor recreation, such as hunting & camping, has added years to my life" of 94 years L.L. Bean |
| #8285, aired 2020-11-20 | SILENT "L" $600: Part of your lower leg, or a baby black Angus a calf |
| #8285, aired 2020-11-20 | SILENT "L" $800: There's a silent L in this word for silently sneaking up on prey stalk |
| #8282, aired 2020-11-17 | HATS AMORE! $1000: Samuel L. Jackson has his own line of this brand of caps that is an abbreviation of "knitted angora wool" a Kangol |
| #8274, aired 2020-11-05 | MUSIC VENUES $1600: Early in his career, Elton John performed at this legendary L.A. club whose name is a synonym for a lyric poet The Troubadour |
| #8270, aired 2020-10-30 | IF YOU LIVED HERE $1200: If you lived in L.A. 150 years ago, you'd be this, just like today, but you'd spell the word with a tilde over the second N Angeleño |
| #8265, aired 2020-10-23 | MOVIE SUM-UP $400: A cop saves his troubled marriage by visiting his wife in L.A. & killing a bunch of people in her office building Die Hard |
| #8261, aired 2020-10-19 | ZOOM $1000: Guitarist Billy Zoom rocks out with the pioneering L.A. punk band known by this near-the-end-of-the-alphabet letter X |
| #8259, aired 2020-10-15 | WHERE HAVE I SEEN THOSE STAIRS? $1200: HGTV remodeled the L.A. house used in exteriors on this '70s sitcom, adding the open staircase that had only existed on a stage The Brady Bunch |
| #8257, aired 2020-10-13 | WOMEN IN LITERATURE $600: Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who & Mrs. Which help Meg Murry & her brother in this 1962 novel by Madeleine L'Engle A Wrinkle in Time |
| #8242, aired 2020-09-22 | AMERICANS IN PARIS $400: In 1952 she & 2 French friends started a cooking school in Paris, L'ecole des trois gourmandes Julia Child |
| #8238, aired 2020-09-16 | THESE UNITED STATES $600: This L.A.-area valley where you'll find Reseda & Encino was named for a canonized king of Castile San Fernando |
| #8225, aired 2020-05-29 | PICTURE THE MOVIE $1000: It's 2019 in L.A. Blade Runner |
| #8218, aired 2020-05-20 | OUT OF THEIR LEAGUE $800: This team moved from the NBL to the BAA in 1948, to the NBA in 1949 & to L.A. in 1960 the Lakers |
| #8215, aired 2020-05-01 | NAMES IN POP CULTURE $400: Celebrating this film's Oscars in 2020, director Bong Joon Ho partied on Galbi & Bibimbap in L.A.'s Koreatown until 5 A.M. Parasite |
| #8214, aired 2020-04-30 | TOOT SUITE $800: When the L.A. Phil did Prokofiev's "Scythian Suite", it used several flutes but only one of these highest-pitched woodwinds a piccolo |
| #8212, aired 2020-04-28 | DJ, JAZZY $400: Horace Silver's tune about L.A. DJ Chuck Niles isn't "the hippest guy in Hollywood"--it uses this 3-letter jazz word for "guy" cat |
| #8212, aired 2020-04-28 | DJ, JAZZY $800: Musicians Dave Koz & Brian McKnight DJed for L.A.'s KTWV in the format called this kind of jazz, nice & mellow smooth jazz |
| #8200, aired 2020-04-10 | MODERN MUSIC $600: This L.A. native, seen here, is the first person born in the current millennium to have a Number One album Billie Eilish |
| #8189, aired 2020-03-26 | THE PRESIDENTIAL SWEET $800: JFK gave a French-themed dinner party featuring duck à l'orange & this smooth chocolate dessert mousse |
| #8185, aired 2020-03-20 | WE KNEAD THE BREAD $1000: Your Armenian grandma cooks with love and bakes this "L" word, a flat bread popular throughout the region lavash |
| #8176, aired 2020-03-09 | CUBA BEFORE FIDEL $1200: In 1812, inspired by Haiti's Toussaint L'Ouverture & preceding Nat Turner in Virginia, Jose Antonio Aponte led a revolt by them enslaved people |
| #8168, aired 2020-02-26 | HIT & "RUN" $800: In 2009 Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West teamed up to assert that they were gonna do this tonight, maybe to L.A. "Run This Town" |
| #8160, aired 2020-02-14 | TV VILLAINS $800: Kasius, Graviton & a Kree were bad guys on this Marvel series on ABC Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. |
| #8152, aired 2020-02-04 | MONUMENTAL TELEVISION $800: Complete with carved Johnny, Johnny Carson Park is in this L.A. suburb, the longtime home of "The Tonight Show" Burbank |
| #8145, aired 2020-01-24 | 1984 $1,200 (Daily Double): Thousands gathered at this iconic L.A. location for Olympic track & field events the L.A. Coliseum |
| #8144, aired 2020-01-23 | ENTERING THE LANGUAGE $1000: 1934, from an L.A. Times piece about a "lonely wives party": this rhyming 2-word term for a female buddy a gal pal |
| #6, aired 2020-01-09 | CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER PUDDING $600: (Christopher Plummer delivers the clue.) In 1968 I loaned this fellow Canadian the money for a plane ticket from London to L.A. so he could audition for the movie role that would change his life; the movie was "M*A*S*H"--& I got my money back Donald Sutherland |
| #8132, aired 2020-01-07 | POLITICS $1,600 (Daily Double): Cities as big as L.A. & Dallas have this kind of mayoral election where there's no "D"' or "R" after the candidates' names nonpartisan |
| #2, aired 2020-01-07 | ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN $1600: Frank Gehry not only designed L.A.'s Walt Disney Concert Hall, but also this instrument at the rear of the stage the organ |
| #8127, aired 2019-12-31 | IT'S CHARLIE! $200: This character first appeared in a comic strip called "Li'l Folks" Charlie Brown |
| #8124, aired 2019-12-26 | GONNA TAKE MY HORSE $400: On this sitcom, all of Pawnee comes out for the memorial of beloved miniature horse Li'l Sebastian Parks and Recreation |
| #8117, aired 2019-12-17 | NEW MILLENNIUM TV $600: Shemar Moore heads up an elite unit on the streets of L.A. on this CBS reboot S.W.A.T. |
| #8117, aired 2019-12-17 | CONTEMPORARY REVIEWS OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS $3,000 (Daily Double): In 1943 the L.A. Times said this "tale of a little boy from a very little asteroid" was "so big with meaning" The Little Prince |
| #8116, aired 2019-12-16 | AMERICAN HOMES $400: The Wrigley Mansion in this L.A.-area city is today the headquarters of the Tournament of Roses Association Pasadena |
| #8114, aired 2019-12-12 | "EL" OR "LA" $400: A cemetery in Paris is nicknamed for this priest, confessor to Louis XIV Père Lachaise |
| #8109, aired 2019-12-05 | THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JEFF GOLDBLUM $1200: Seeing as how I'm no slouch on putting on a fancy costume, I felt right at home at a gathering of the whimsical folk who are into L.A.R.P. or LARP, short for "live action" this role-playing |
| #8104, aired 2019-11-28 | CIRCUMSTANCE $1000: An alarming increase led to a count of about 60,000 people in this circumstance in L.A. County in 2019 homeless |
| #8102, aired 2019-11-26 | AMERICAN CATHEDRALS $400: Downtown L.A. has the aptly named cathedral of Our Lady of these beings Angels |
| #8101, aired 2019-11-25 | WORD ON THE STREET $400: In L.A.: Glendale, Sunset or Wilshire Boulevard |
| #8087, aired 2019-11-05 | PAC-12 SCHOOLS $1200: In 2017 this private school opened a new $700 million "Village" featuring South L.A.'s first Trader Joe's USC |
| #8075, aired 2019-10-18 | ENABLING COOKIES $400: A little elf told me that this brand makes E.L. Fudge, but obviously, that elf was slacking & should get back to work Keebler |
| #8074, aired 2019-10-17 | ENFANTS TERRIBLES $1000: Little Antoine can think about his ways, during une mise à l'écart temporaire, what we in the States know as this a time-out |
| #8069, aired 2019-10-10 | THE "NIGHT" WATCH $1600: Bounty hunter Robert de Niro is escorting bail-jumping accountant Charles Grodin to L.A. in this 1988 comedy Midnight Run |
| #8068, aired 2019-10-09 | CLASSIC TELEVISION $1600: 9114 South Central Avenue in L.A. was the TV home of this title father & son's house & junkyard Sanford and Son |
| #8054, aired 2019-09-19 | NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES $600: In 2018 billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong bought this newspaper & moved its headquarters to El Segundo, California L.A. Times |
| #8051, aired 2019-09-16 | GIMME "5" $400: L.A. Dodgers Dusty Baker & Glenn Burke have been credited with inventing this gesture after a 1977 home run a high five |
| #8051, aired 2019-09-16 | COMEDY: YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO BE THERE $1200: Samuel L. Jackson played the uncle of this comedian in a sketch from the 1987 concert film "Raw" Eddie Murphy |
| #8048, aired 2019-09-11 | NUMERIC LIT $400: E.L. James self-published this first book in an erotic series that started as fan fiction loosely based on "Twilight" Fifty Shades of Grey |
| #8048, aired 2019-09-11 | NEXT $600: World Series winners since 2016:
the Cubs,
the Astros,
this A.L. team the Red Sox |
| #8048, aired 2019-09-11 | NAME-LETTER PEOPLE $800: Kat Von D rose to TV fame on "Miami Ink" & "L.A. Ink" in this profession a tattoo artist |
| #8042, aired 2019-07-23 | SPURN NOTICE $800: This adjective for something short, like a cute li'l nose, can also mean to spurn or ignore snub |
| #8041, aired 2019-07-22 | THE LIVING WORLD $800: California sagebrush & coyote bush are good yard plants in L.A. because they are this kind of period "tolerant" drought |
| #8027, aired 2019-07-02 | & SUCH $1200: A sci-fi author & Navy man, he founded the Church of Scientology (L. Ron) Hubbard |
| #8025, aired 2019-06-28 | DROP A LETTER $800: Drop the "L" from a type of bedspread to get this verb that means "to resign" quit |
| #8024, aired 2019-06-27 | THE 1600s $600: Hits of the stage included Moliere's "L'Avare", French for this type of greedy, money-obsessed man a miser |
| #8018, aired 2019-06-19 | 5-SYLLABLE WORDS $1000: The word embellishment, as of a story, has 2 L's; this synonym has 2 G's exaggeration |
| #8012, aired 2019-06-11 | BIRTHPLACES $1200: Danny Trejo:
This U.S. city L.A. |
| #8010, aired 2019-06-07 | ARTY FACTS $1200: In 2014 stolen paintings worth $12 million were recovered in L.A., including "Mexican Peasant" by this muralist Rivera |
| #8009, aired 2019-06-06 | A BIT OF LIT $1200: The epigraph to this E.L. Doctorow novel is a quote by Scott Joplin Ragtime |
| #8007, aired 2019-06-04 | LITERARY GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES $400: L.A. is this "of Angels"; the Shadowhunters live in Cassandra Clare's this "of Glass" City |
| #8004, aired 2019-05-30 | ON THE BEACH $600: There's a Barbie doll based on this 1990s TV show about beautiful & fit lifeguards on L.A. County beaches Baywatch |
| #7999, aired 2019-05-23 | LOS ANGELES IN THE MOVIES $600: (L.A. mayor Eric Garcetti gives the clue.) The 6th Street Bridge, which we're rebuilding, was featured in many films, including "Terminator 2" & this 1950s-set film in which John Travolta had a big racing scene Grease |
| #7996, aired 2019-05-20 | THE DOUBLE L WITH YOU $200: It takes this community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town a village |
| #7996, aired 2019-05-20 | THE DOUBLE L WITH YOU $800: Causing aversion, like a spray that fights off bugs repellent |
| #7995, aired 2019-05-17 | MVP! MVP! $800: In 2012 the L.A. Kings' Jonathan Quick lived up to his name playing this position to bag the Conn Smythe trophy goaltender |
| #7994, aired 2019-05-16 | CROSSWORD CLUES "L" $200: A go-between, or a relationship that could be "dangerous"
(7) a liaison |
| #7994, aired 2019-05-16 | CROSSWORD CLUES "L" $400: Potato pancake
(5) a latke |
| #7994, aired 2019-05-16 | THE ACCESSORIZED TEACHER $600: The First Amendment Center says public school teachers may wear non-obtrusive religious jewelry such as a cross or this; l'chaim! a Star of David |
| #7994, aired 2019-05-16 | CROSSWORD CLUES "L" $1000: A pale purple
(8) lavender |
| #7992, aired 2019-05-14 | NON-POLITICAL PRESIDENTS $400: In 2019 Randi Weingarten, pres. of this union, AFT for short, joined L.A. educators on the picket line the American Federation of Teachers |
| #7988, aired 2019-05-08 | SPELL THE BEANS $800: Geographic AKA of butter beans L-I-M-A |
| #7988, aired 2019-05-08 | I NEED A SUPERHERO $1600: Lucius Best is the secret identity of this hero voiced by Samuel L. Jackson in "The Incredibles" Frozone |
| #7986, aired 2019-05-06 | INITIALLY YOURS $800: This guy started out with a 3-page flyer advertising his Maine hunting shoe; the catalog is bigger now L.L. Bean |
| #7986, aired 2019-05-06 | BALLOONS $1600: An L.A. government agency says mylar helium balloons that fly free cause around 200 of these in the city every year power outages |
| #7984, aired 2019-05-02 | TORY SPELLING $2000: He's remembered for his 1917 "Declaration" about Palestine B-A-L-F-O-U-R |
| #7984, aired 2019-05-02 | TORY SPELLING $7,000 (Daily Double): This 19th century Tory was nicknamed Dizzy D-I-S-R-A-E-L-I |
| #7983, aired 2019-05-01 | ONE "L" OF A DRUG $400: Pfizer makes this popular anticholesterol drug that works by reducing low-density lipoproteins in the blood Lipitor |
| #7983, aired 2019-05-01 | ONE "L" OF A DRUG $1200: This topical anesthetic applied in adhesive patches has also been marketed as Burn-O-Jel Lidocaine |
| #7983, aired 2019-05-01 | ONE "L" OF A DRUG $1600: Sing out the name of this brand used to treat fibromyalgia & nerve pain Lyrica |
| #7983, aired 2019-05-01 | BEFORE & AFTER $1600: Madeleine L'Engle's Newbery-winning novel that's also a vacation home A Wrinkle in Timeshare |
| #7983, aired 2019-05-01 | ONE "L" OF A DRUG $2000: In the name of a well-known hallucinogen, it comes before "acid diethylamide" lysergic |
| #7983, aired 2019-05-01 | ONE "L" OF A DRUG $11,381 (Daily Double): The carbonate form of this is used to treat bipolar disorders lithium |
| #7969, aired 2019-04-11 | 25 TCM $600: (Ben Mankiewicz gives the clue.) On TCM, I get to talk about my great-uncle Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who won Oscars for writing & directing this 1950 film, the ultimate backstage drama where Bette Davis memorably says, "Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night" All About Eve |
| #7966, aired 2019-04-08 | GET YOUR KICKS $200: According to the song, you can "get your kicks on Route 66" as it winds more than 2,000 miles from this Midwest city to L.A. Chicago |
| #7965, aired 2019-04-05 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $2000: This Jesuit university not far from L.A.'s international airport is known as LMU for short Loyola Marymount |
| #7961, aired 2019-04-01 | AN APRIL TO REMEMBER $1000: On April 15, 1974, as everyone else paid taxes, this radical "Army", the S.L.A., was robbing a bank of $11,000 the Symbionese Liberation Army |
| #7959, aired 2019-03-28 | MOVEABLE FEASTS? $800: Kogi, the food truck that started a trend in L.A., has a quesadilla made with this, Korean fermented veggies kimchi |
| #7956, aired 2019-03-25 | 1960s AMERICA $400: On Jan. 15, 1967 the vast L.A. Memorial Coliseum had 35,000 empty seats for the first of these games the Super Bowl |
| #7951, aired 2019-03-18 | COLORFUL LIT $800: By James Ellroy & based on a real L.A. murder:
"The ____ Dahlia" black |
| #7951, aired 2019-03-18 | THE CELEBRITY AUTHOR $1600: The L.A. Times:
"Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wrote a novel about" him, "Sherlock Homes' brother (and it's good!)" Mycroft Holmes |
| #7948, aired 2019-03-13 | THE PULITZER PRIZE $400: The L.A. Times took a 2004 prize for an in-depth look at the methods used by this retailer to become the largest in the world Walmart |
| #7948, aired 2019-03-13 | CHILDREN'S LIT $400: "A Wind in the Door" is a follow-up to this classic by Madeleine L'Engle A Wrinkle in Time |
| #7946, aired 2019-03-11 | MOVIE PICTURES $200: Samuel L. Jackson has had it with them Snakes on a Plane |
| #7945, aired 2019-03-08 | SWAP THE VOWELS $2000: A British lockup can swap its vowels to become this netted area goal |
| #7939, aired 2019-02-28 | YOU'RE AN ALL-STAR $600: At the 2001 MLB All-Star game, Alex Rodriguez insisted that this retiring Oriole replace him as starting A.L. shortstop (Cal) Ripken |
| #7932, aired 2019-02-19 | IT'S FULL OF STORES $600: Two Korean immigrants with no college degrees moved to L.A. & in 1984 opened Fashion 21, later renamed this Forever 21 |
| #7926, aired 2019-02-11 | 5 DIAMONDS $1000: A scaled-down version of the one in Chicago, L.A.'s Wrigley Field was the first home of this American League team the Angels |
| #7922, aired 2019-02-05 | THE L.A. PHILHARMONIC AT 100 $400: In 1779 he came home to Salzburg & wrote his 32nd symphony; in 2003 the L.A. Phil played it to open its new home, Disney Hall Mozart |
| #7922, aired 2019-02-05 | THE L.A. PHILHARMONIC AT 100 $1,000 (Daily Double): Site of the 1st outdoor recording by any symphony orchestra, this amphitheater in the Hills is the Phil's summer home the Hollywood Bowl |
| #7922, aired 2019-02-05 | THE L.A. PHILHARMONIC AT 100 $1200: In 1970 Frank Zappa said, "Zubin, hit it!" & the Phil played Zappa's "200 Motels" at this university's Pauley Pavilion UCLA |
| #7922, aired 2019-02-05 | THE L.A. PHILHARMONIC AT 100 $1600: The Phil has a flute chair named for this "Moon River" composer who started out on flute in a Sons of Italy band (Henry) Mancini |
| #7922, aired 2019-02-05 | THE L.A. PHILHARMONIC AT 100 $2000: The Phil's first tour kicked off in this seat of Kern County, California, better known for country music Bakersfield |
| #7920, aired 2019-02-01 | BILLY JOEL $200: An L.A. bar gig in the '70s inspired Billy to write this song "Piano Man" |
| #7919, aired 2019-01-31 | SCRIBBLING SIBLINGS $600: "The Comedy Writer" is a novel of L.A. by Peter of these "There's Something About Mary" brothers Farrelly |
| #7918, aired 2019-01-30 | RECENT TV $1600: Disgraced L.A. lawyer Billy McBride has some "huge" issues to deal with on this Amazon show Goliath |
| #7917, aired 2019-01-29 | BUILDING BIG $1200: L.A.'s oldest jazz festival is held annually near these 100-foot towers bearing the name of an L.A. area the Watts Towers |
| #7916, aired 2019-01-28 | CELEBRITIES: THEY'RE JUST LIKE US! $200: Ah, date night! In 2011 Justin Bieber rented this L.A. Lakers home arena to screen "Titanic" for Selena Gomez; that was easy! the Staples Center |
| #7912, aired 2019-01-22 | SPECIAL DAYS $2000: A'phabet day, aka no "L" day, is punningly observed on this date December 25th |
| #7903, aired 2019-01-09 | BARTLETT'S, A TO Z $1200: L:
This one-named pianist with "I cried all the way to the bank" Liberace |
| #7896, aired 2018-12-31 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $3,000 (Daily Double): He wrote 1899's "Father Goose"; he came up with a "Wonderful" adventure the following year L. Frank Baum |
| #7894, aired 2018-12-27 | INTERNATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT? $400: In this 1974 film Hollis Mulwray is partly based on William Mulholland, a real-life L.A. water engineer Chinatown |
| #7885, aired 2018-12-14 | TEAMS ON THE MOVE $200: This NFL team ditched L.A. for St. Louis in 1995 & came sheepishly back in 2016 the Rams |
| #7884, aired 2018-12-13 | JACK THE RIPPER SUSPECTS $800: Richard Mansfield played the title roles in a stage version of this R.L. Stevenson tale at the time & was suspected Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
| #7883, aired 2018-12-12 | WORLD CAPITALS $800: In 1749 the French laid out this Caribbean capital in a grid pattern & called it L'Hopital Port-au-Prince |
| #7879, aired 2018-12-06 | AROUND LOS ANGELES $1000: The L.A. area has the Getty Center & the Getty this, a 5-letter word for a fancy residence & home to ancient Greek & Roman art the Getty Villa |
| #7869, aired 2018-11-22 | VWLLSS HWN $200: L
(a necklace of flowers) lei |
| #7869, aired 2018-11-22 | VWLLSS HWN $400: L
(a big feast) luau |
| #7861, aired 2018-11-12 | IN THE SPANISH DICTIONARY $400: Under L:
Lavaplatos is this appliance a dishwasher |
| #7858, aired 2018-11-07 | OOPS ON STAMPS $400: A 2007 stamp from Papua New Guinea misspelled this word, the inability to read (there was only one "L") illiteracy |
| #7850, aired 2018-10-26 | PRESIDENTIAL FIRSTS $200: In 1984 he traveled to L.A. to become the first sitting president to attend the Olympic Games Reagan |
| #7850, aired 2018-10-26 | NOT TO BE CONFUSED $1000: Diuretics are drugs that help rid the body of extra fluid; "Dianetics" is a book by him L. Ron Hubbard |
| #7844, aired 2018-10-18 | ONE-LETTER RESPONSES $1200: Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time includes 2 by this L.A. punk quartet X |
| #7844, aired 2018-10-18 | ONE-LETTER RESPONSES $2000: In chess notation, this, not K, denotes a knight an N |
| #7839, aired 2018-10-11 | STOCK SYMBOLS $400: HD, DVD, A/V, L.E.D., HDMI... it's all here at this store--BBY Best Buy |
| #7839, aired 2018-10-11 | METEOROLOGICAL RHYME TIME $800: A daily record of the pollution in L.A. or Beijing a smog log |
| #7837, aired 2018-10-09 | BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MALL $1200: Maine outdoor clothing company that moonlights as a number cruncher L.L. Bean-counter |
| #7831, aired 2018-10-01 | NEWSY PUNS $800: From the L.A. Times:
"Big rig carrying fruit crashes on 210 freeway, creates" this jam |
| #7828, aired 2018-09-26 | COLLEGE COURSES $600: RISD, short for this school, had a course on a li'l somethin' we all might want to know--"the meaning of life" the Rhode Island School of Design |
| #7826, aired 2018-09-24 | WORDS FROM THE COMICS $1000: Lockheed Martin adopted the name "Skunk Works" from a similar name for a backwoods still in this comic strip Li'l Abner |
| #7808, aired 2018-07-18 | A LITTLE SCIENCE $1200: We don't love this "L.A." when it makes our muscles burn during exercise lactic acid |
| #7807, aired 2018-07-17 | A LIGHT CATEGORY $800: L.E.D.s, light-emitting these, were invented in 1962 but it took decades for them to come into wide use diodes |
| #7806, aired 2018-07-16 | CELEBRITY POSSESSIVES $1200: A famous L.A. chef's hockey projectile Wolfgang's puck |
| #7803, aired 2018-07-11 | LEXICON VALLEY $2000: This 8-letter name of an L.A. suburb & a Phoenix suburb is made of 2 different words for "valley" Glendale |
| #7802, aired 2018-07-10 | NAT GEO $400: Raised in Chicago, Nat King Cole sang this song about a road that runs from the Windy City to L.A. "Route 66" |
| #7799, aired 2018-07-05 | "L"AKES $200: It's a 720-acre lake in North Carolina, or an artificial bait you might use in it a lure (or Lake Lure) |
| #7799, aired 2018-07-05 | "L"AKES $400: Lakes all over the U.S. are named for this bird with an eerie call; E.L. Doctorow wrote a novel set at one in the Adirondacks a loon |
| #7799, aired 2018-07-05 | "L"AKES $600: A lake in Oregon's Deschutes National Forest is named this, after the flows that formed it Lava (Lake) |
| #7799, aired 2018-07-05 | "L"AKES $800: Take a boat ride on this lake or disembark at the city of the same name to visit the Swiss Transport Museum Lucerne |
| #7788, aired 2018-06-20 | THEY TURNED MY BOOK INTO A MOVIE $400: "Fifty Shades Darker" E.L. James |
| #7787, aired 2018-06-19 | HOOK, LINE & SINKER $1200: Orel Hershiser's sinker helped bring him the 1988 N.L. Cy Young Award & this team a World Series title the Dodgers |
| #7778, aired 2018-06-06 | A JOURNEY OF YOUR PIERS $1000: The solar-powered Ferris wheel is a highlight of the pier of this L.A.-area community Santa Monica |
| #7774, aired 2018-05-31 | FLY, YOU FOOLS! $200: It's 120 degrees in this desert & you want to drive from L.A. to Vegas in your 1969 jalopy? Take a plane! the Mojave |
| #7773, aired 2018-05-30 | MY OLD "L.P."s $400: This instructional driver's license for the young can be obtained at age 14 in Iowa a learner's permit |
| #7773, aired 2018-05-30 | MY OLD "L.P."s $800: Figuratively, it's a place to start a project or career; literally, it's where a Saturn V rose from a launching pad |
| #7773, aired 2018-05-30 | MY OLD "L.P."s $2000: "Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore" is the title in the original Italian of a 1921 play by this writer Luigi Pirandello |
| #7772, aired 2018-05-29 | RETORTS $800: Asked about a run for mayor, Ed Davis, head of this department in L.A. in the 1970s, said, "And give up all my power?" the police department |
| #7753, aired 2018-05-02 | CONTEMPORARY COMPOSERS $2000: This Finnish maestro composed "L.A. Variations" in 1996 when he was music director of the L.A. Philharmonic Esa-Pekka Salonen |
| #7752, aired 2018-05-01 | DOUBLE "L" WORDS $400: You can't make s'mores without this confection a marshmallow |
| #7752, aired 2018-05-01 | DOUBLE "L" WORDS $800: Often translated into English, "Schlaf, Kindlein, Schlaf" is this type of song a lullaby |
| #7752, aired 2018-05-01 | DOUBLE "L" WORDS $1200: Title shared by the heads of government of Austria & Germany & the chief administrator of a university a chancellor |
| #7752, aired 2018-05-01 | DOUBLE "L" WORDS $2000: This bird is often hard to spot, but its song is easy to recognize a whippoorwill |
| #7749, aired 2018-04-26 | THE SPITTING IMAGE $1600: That's not Will Ferrell, it's Chad Smith of this L.A. band with a spicy name the Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| #7746, aired 2018-04-23 | HERE'S THE CUSTOMS MAN $800: Losing his New Orleans customs job freed up H.L. Hunley to make this type of vessel he named after himself a submarine |
| #7733, aired 2018-04-04 | IT'S MEDICINAL $1600: In New York conditions that make one eligible for this alliterative aid include A.L.S., M.S. & Parkinson's medical marijuana |
| #7726, aired 2018-03-26 | GEOGRAPHIC SPELLING BEE $800: This 19,340-foot African peak is said to be the highest "walkable" mountain in the world K-I-L-I-M-A-N-J-A-R-O |
| #7726, aired 2018-03-26 | GEOGRAPHIC SPELLING BEE $1600: The Dole Pineapple Company once owned 98% of this 5-letter Hawaiian island L-A-N-A-I |
| #7716, aired 2018-03-12 | LITERARY L.A. $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue from The Last Bookstore in Los Angeles.) Living in Los Angeles when he wrote "Fahrenheit 451", this author took the title from the temperature at which paper burns (Ray) Bradbury |
| #7716, aired 2018-03-12 | LITERARY L.A. $800: "I'm Losing You", "I'll Let You Go" & 2003's "Still Holding" are Bruce Wagner's showbiz trilogy named for this device a cell phone |
| #7716, aired 2018-03-12 | LITERARY L.A. $1200: In this author's "The Long Goodbye", Philip Marlowe is living on Yucca Ave. & drinking at Victor's Raymond Chandler |
| #7716, aired 2018-03-12 | LITERARY L.A. $1600: L.A. foster homes & poisoning with the white plant of the title are part of this Janet Fitch novel White Oleander |
| #7716, aired 2018-03-12 | LITERARY L.A. $2000: Michael Connelly says this cop & "Hollywood Station" author "took crime fiction to a whole new level" Joseph Wambaugh |
| #7712, aired 2018-03-06 | DIRECT ME TO THE DIRECTIONAL UNIVERSITY $200: From L.A.'s Staples Center, take Figueroa past the 110 & hang a right on McCarthy Way University of Southern California |
| #7711, aired 2018-03-05 | A MAN FOR 2 SEASONS $600: In 1989 Bo Jackson hit 32 homers for the Kansas City Royals & ran for 950 yards for this then-L.A. team the Raiders |
| #7711, aired 2018-03-05 | DITLOIDS $1000: The classic ditloid, a Solzhenitsyn novel:
1 D I T L O I D One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich |
| #7710, aired 2018-03-02 | CHARITABLE FOLKS $1000: L.A. has a contemporary art museum & a playhouse named for this music & movie mogul David Geffen |
| #7708, aired 2018-02-28 | BOOKS TO BROADWAY $2000: Turning this man's "Ragtime" into a musical won Terrence McNally the Tony for Best Book (E.L.) Doctorow |
| #7705, aired 2018-02-23 | MUSEUMS $2000: Built in 1852 as a winter shelter for citrus trees, it's now a Paris museum that houses Monet's "Water Lilies" the l'Orangerie |
| #7704, aired 2018-02-22 | PLACES TO "C" $600: This L.A. suburb settled in 1867 came straight outta an 18th century Spanish land grant Compton |
| #7702, aired 2018-02-20 | A WRINKLE IN TIME $400: (Oprah Winfrey gives the clue.) "Love may be stronger than all fears" is how the book is summed up by the American Library Association, which awarded this author the prestigious Newbery Medal Madeleine L'Engle |
| #7701, aired 2018-02-19 | 1970s MOVIES $1600: It's this 1974 Jack Nicholson L.A.-set mystery, Jake Chinatown |
| #7693, aired 2018-02-07 | THE WASHINGTON POST $400: Donald L. Neiffer is the chief one of these doctors at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. veterinarian |
| #7684, aired 2018-01-25 | THE PRODUCERS $1200: In 2017 Shawn Ryan, creator of the L.A. cop show "The Shield", produced this CBS reboot with Shemar Moore S.W.A.T. |
| #7682, aired 2018-01-23 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $1200: Hebrew for "to life" or "to your health", it's used as a toast L'chaim |
| #7679, aired 2018-01-18 | ____ & ____ $1600: If you're in L.A. & can't decide between breakfast & lunch, have both at Roscoe's famous "House of" these 2 foods chicken & waffles |
| #7668, aired 2018-01-03 | WAIT WATCHERS $800: Fans queued in L.A. in 2008 not to see a movie but rather to catch a glimpse of stars R-Patz & K-Stew from this soon-to-be hit Twilight |
| #7666, aired 2018-01-01 | MUSIC & LITERATURE BEFORE & AFTER $800: A "warlike" Pat Benatar hit meshes with an L. Ron Hubbard novel "Love Is A Battlefield Earth" |
| #7662, aired 2017-12-26 | FRANCE IN YOUR PANTS $1200: Makeup, skin & hair care products from this L'company with its HQ in Clichy? That's a lot to carry around! L'Oreal |
| #7654, aired 2017-12-14 | SPORTS RECORD HOLDERS $1000: Don Baylor took 267 for the team to set the A.L. mark for HBP, this hit by pitch |
| #7650, aired 2017-12-08 | WRITERS & WRITING $2000: The title of a work by Aldous Huxley inspired the name of this 1960s L.A. rock band The Doors |
| #7648, aired 2017-12-06 | "L" ON THE MAP $1600: This gulf was the site of a naval action also called the Second Battle of the Philippine Sea Leyte Gulf |
| #7648, aired 2017-12-06 | "L" ON THE MAP $2000: It's Italy's most populous region & a center of both agriculture and industry Lombardy |
| #7646, aired 2017-12-04 | LITERATURE ACROSS AMERICA $1000: (Hi, I'm Ellen Leyva with ABC7 Eyewitness News.) This southern California author has been especially successful with his Los Angeles-based quartet that includes "L.A. Confidential" & "The Black Dahlia" James Ellroy |
| #7646, aired 2017-12-04 | COUNTRIES BY FIRST LETTER $2000: A clockwise tour of southeast Asian bordering countries is B, L, T--Burma followed by this pair Laos & Thailand |
| #7639, aired 2017-11-23 | FOR A SONG $800: In 2016 Jimmy Page & Robert Plant testified in an L.A. court that they did not plagiarize when they wrote this classic song "Stairway To Heaven" |
| #7638, aired 2017-11-22 | UNTOLD TV STORIES $600: Jay Jackson, who played Perd Hapley on this sitcom, is actually a real reporter, though in L.A., not Indiana Parks and Recreation |
| #7637, aired 2017-11-21 | MILLENNIALS $1200: A European first, Leif Ericson may have landed around 1000 A.D. at L'Anse aux Meadows on this Canadian island Newfoundland |
| #7626, aired 2017-11-06 | WRITERS WHO SELF-PUBLISHED $800: Along with creating Ms. Gale & her little dog too, he self-published a book on interior decorating (L. Frank) Baum |
| #7624, aired 2017-11-02 | BASEBALL RECORDS $1200: "My Oh My" is Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' tribute to Dave Niehaus, the longtime announcer for this A.L. West team the Seattle Mariners |
| #7620, aired 2017-10-27 | THAT MOVIE HAD NO SEQUEL $400: "L.A. Confidential",
"Escape from New York",
"Beverly Hills Cop" L.A. Confidential |
| #7616, aired 2017-10-23 | AN "L" OF A TEAM $400: They "bolt"ed into the NHL in 1992 the (Tampa Bay) Lightning |
| #7616, aired 2017-10-23 | AN "L" OF A TEAM $800: They were still based in the Midwest when they won the first NBA title in 1950 the Lakers |
| #7616, aired 2017-10-23 | AN "L" OF A TEAM $1200: They chop down opponents for Humboldt State, & they're okay the Lumberjacks |
| #7616, aired 2017-10-23 | AN "L" OF A TEAM $1600: It's the gender-specific name of the University of Tennessee's women's teams the Lady Vols |
| #7616, aired 2017-10-23 | AN "L" OF A TEAM $2000: They howl for the University of New Mexico, entiende? Lobos |
| #7614, aired 2017-10-19 | WASHINGTON, D.C. $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue from the National Mall in Washington, D.C.) Because the ground is firmer, the Washington Monument was placed here, instead of at a spot in the center of the original D.C., as planned by this designer of the city (Pierre) L'Enfant |
| #7606, aired 2017-10-09 | NAUGHTY BY NATURE $1200: urbancarnivores.com says in the L.A. area, these canines mostly eat fruits & small wild mammals, hardly any pets coyotes |
| #7603, aired 2017-10-04 | WELCOME TO LOS ANGELES $600: Located in Barnsdall Park & open to the public, Hollyhock House was the first home in L.A. designed by this architect Frank Lloyd Wright |
| #7603, aired 2017-10-04 | WELCOME TO LOS ANGELES $1000: One of the largest city parks in the U.S., it's home to the L.A. Zoo & a famous observatory Griffith Park |
| #7601, aired 2017-10-02 | WHAT THE "L"? $400: In a BLT sandwich lettuce |
| #7601, aired 2017-10-02 | WHAT THE "L"? $1200: In the ACLU, a group that loves the U.S. Constitution liberties |
| #7600, aired 2017-09-29 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $800: In 1948 the winning word was this medical branch that deals with the treatment & prevention of mental illness P-S-Y-C-H-I-A-T-R-Y |
| #7600, aired 2017-09-29 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $1600: No yolk, 1928's winning word was this white part of an egg A-L-B-U-M-E-N |
| #7600, aired 2017-09-29 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $2000: In 1994 it was this 12-letter word meaning before the Biblical flood A-N-T-E-D-I-L-U-V-I-A-N |
| #7598, aired 2017-09-27 | A NUMBER OF GROUPS $1000: It "Makes Me Wonder" if this L.A. band is well-red Maroon 5 |
| #7595, aired 2017-09-22 | THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT $1600: In the 1985 hit "Smooth Operator", this one-named singer crooned, "Coast to coast, L.A. to Chicago"... huh?! Sade |
| #7593, aired 2017-09-20 | BRITISH PLAYWRIGHTS $400: From a 1585 will, the only extant copy of the handwriting of this playwright shows he spelled his name M-A-R-L-E-Y Christopher Marlowe |
| #7588, aired 2017-09-13 | "L" $800: Any anesthetic limited to a particular body part local anesthetic |
| #7588, aired 2017-09-13 | "L" $1200: These birds have longer tails and longer names than the very similar lories a lorikeet |
| #7586, aired 2017-09-11 | NICKNAMES $3,000 (Daily Double): A gaudy, glittering metallic substance is in this nickname for the L.A. movie industry Tinseltown |
| #7584, aired 2017-07-27 | THE "STAR"S & "STRIPE"S $1000: If you're an L.A. County health career junior volunteer, you have this tasty job a candy striper |
| #7579, aired 2017-07-20 | GETTING GEOGRAPHICA"L" $200: This British port on the River Mersey was founded in 1207 when King John granted a charter Liverpool |
| #7579, aired 2017-07-20 | FURNITURE $400: This type of sofa includes a piece such as a chaise completing an "L" shape a sectional |
| #7577, aired 2017-07-18 | ICE CREAM COHENS $400: A Bugsy Siegel associate, mobster Mickey Cohen ran an L.A. ice cream parlor before being sent to this island prison Alcatraz |
| #7571, aired 2017-07-10 | THE "L" IT IS! $800: To make a down payment, then claim your purchase later after paying off the balance is this kind of plan layaway |
| #7571, aired 2017-07-10 | THE "L" IT IS! $1200: A kid who spends part of the day at home unsupervised while the parents are at work latch key |
| #7571, aired 2017-07-10 | THE "L" IT IS! $2000: Also found over a window or door, it's the technical term for this indicated piece lintel |
| #7561, aired 2017-06-26 | INSTRUMENTAL SONG TITLES $1200: Billy Joel based this song on his experience playing at an L.A. bar called The Executive Room "Piano Man" |
| #7560, aired 2017-06-23 | NOW YOU'VE STEPPED IN IT $600: The bubbling pools of sticky asphalt at this L.A. spot have yielded millions of specimens since the Pleistocene the La Brea Tar Pits |
| #7559, aired 2017-06-22 | A CHEESY CATEGORY $200: At Canter's Deli in L.A., it's the traditional cheese for a Reuben sandwich Swiss |
| #7556, aired 2017-06-19 | WHO THEY SERVED $2,400 (Daily Double): In 1972 Nixon named L. Patrick Gray to replace a very big name as the head of this agency the FBI |
| #7549, aired 2017-06-08 | THE NEW DEAL $600: Among the thousands of projects built under the WPA was this observatory on L.A.'s Mount Hollywood Griffith Park Observatory |
| #7543, aired 2017-05-31 | MOVIEMAKING $600: It was gloomy in L.A. that day, the day I asked 3 strangers about this 1940s film style, French for "black film" film noir |
| #7538, aired 2017-05-24 | COME TOGETHER $800: Based on a character in the "Li'l Abner" comic strip, a Sadie Hawkins dance has this main feature the women ask the men |
| #7535, aired 2017-05-19 | LET'S GO DODGERS! $200: Though he never played in L.A., this barrier-breaking Dodger grew up in Southern Calif. & attended UCLA in the 1940s Jackie Robinson |
| #7535, aired 2017-05-19 | LET'S GO DODGERS! $400: In 1958 the Dodgers came to L.A. from this Brooklyn ballpark that had been their home for 4 decades Ebbets Field |
| #7527, aired 2017-05-09 | EDUCATIONAL FILMS $1000: Before he took on Cylons, he took on teaching math in East L.A. as Jaime Escalante in "Stand and Deliver" Edward James Olmos |
| #7504, aired 2017-04-06 | COMMA SYMPATHIZERS $400: E.L. Doctorow said he "liked commas" but "detested" these punctuation marks, a word he hyphenated a semicolon |
| #7483, aired 2017-03-08 | MUSIC SOOTHES $400: The L.A. County Fair has a contest for this type of singing, & also honors the hosts called KJs karaoke |
| #7480, aired 2017-03-03 | THE DREADED SPELLING CATEGORY $800: Medical condition characterized by involuntary sleeping N-A-R-C-O-L-E-P-S-Y |
| #7476, aired 2017-02-27 | THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & CULTURE $200: (Alex gives the clue from the Nat'l Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) Dismantled at its original location on Edisto Island, South Carolina, & now restored & a centerpiece of the museum, this cabin dates back to the early days of slavery but was used well into the 20th century, with residents picking as much as 100 pounds a day of this crop cotton |
| #7476, aired 2017-02-27 | THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & CULTURE $400: (Alex gives the clue from the Nat'l Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) Guests at the opening ceremony for the museum included these men who trained in Alabama as part of this World War II group of aviators who escorted over 200 bombing missions with the loss of just a handful of bombers the Tuskegee Airmen |
| #7476, aired 2017-02-27 | THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & CULTURE $600: (Alex gives the clue from the Nat'l Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) He was known to always carry a Bible, & the small one displayed here likely belonged to this preacher & slave rebellion leader, who may have been carrying it when he was captured in 1831 Nat Turner |
| #7476, aired 2017-02-27 | THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & CULTURE $800: (Alex gives the clue from the Nat'l Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) Among the museum's largest artifacts is a railroad car whose colored section had no luggage racks & smaller bathrooms--just a reminder of these laws of segregation that persisted until the 1960s Jim Crow laws |
| #7476, aired 2017-02-27 | THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & CULTURE $2,000 (Daily Double): (Alex gives the clue from the Nat'l Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) On Easter in 1939, after she was denied permission to sing at Constitution Hall, this contralto put on her Sunday best clothes & sang "My Country, 'Tis Of Thee" to a crowd of over 75,000 at the Lincoln Memorial Marian Anderson |
| #7475, aired 2017-02-24 | SNAP CHAT $1200: On a football team the person in this position, abbreviated L.S., does a lot of hiking a long snapper |
| #7471, aired 2017-02-20 | ALL IN A DAY'S WORK $200: First thing, this daily trip to the ol' salt mine, averaging about 30 minutes each way in the L.A. area a commute |
| #7471, aired 2017-02-20 | ART & ARTISTS $1000: Paris' Musee de l'Orangerie is home to a set of "Water Lilies" canvases by this Frenchman Monet |
| #7466, aired 2017-02-13 | CELEBRITY SIBLING SURNAMES $600: L.A. girls Zooey & Emily Deschanel |
| #7464, aired 2017-02-09 | PLAYING TRIBUTE $600: It's not just hearsay--L.A. & Liverpool both have bands named for this 1977 Fleetwood Mac album Rumours |
| #7452, aired 2017-01-24 | PLAY SETTINGS $400: From 1947:
"A street in New Orleans which is named Elysian Fields & runs between the L & N tracks & the river" Streetcar Named Desire |
| #7452, aired 2017-01-24 | WARTHOGS $400: A warthog's enemies include these 2 predators that begin with the same "L"etter lions and leopards |
| #7451, aired 2017-01-23 | FROM CHUMPS TO CHAMPS $600: After a last-place finish in 2007, they dropped the "Devil" from their name; in 2008, they won 31 more games & the A.L. pennant the Tampa Bay Rays |
| #7448, aired 2017-01-18 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $1000: In 1984 a Presidential Medal of Freedom went to this author of "Hondo" & dozens of other Western novels Louis L'Amour |
| #7447, aired 2017-01-17 | ODD COMBINED RESPONSES $400: Word after "open" in an Ali Baba command + term for a wide street like L.A.'s world-famous Sunset sesame boulevard |
| #7443, aired 2017-01-11 | "L"THY FOOD $600: This kind of soup is made from the lens-shaped seeds of Lens esculenta, a good source of protein lentil |
| #7439, aired 2017-01-05 | FILE UNDER "L" $1600: Meaning "allow", this word is also a synonym for "rent" let |
| #7439, aired 2017-01-05 | FILE UNDER "L" $2,000 (Daily Double): It's built into a fortress wall to shoot through; the tax code has a different type a loophole |
| #7434, aired 2016-12-29 | "L"ITERATURE $400: In the 1855 preface to this collection of poems, Whitman said, "A great poem is no finish to a man or woman but ...a beginning" Leaves of Grass |
| #7434, aired 2016-12-29 | "L"ITERATURE $1200: The first line of this D.H. Lawrence novel is "Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically" Lady Chatterley's Lover |
| #7431, aired 2016-12-26 | GRAND MARSHALS OF THE ROSE PARADE $400: This beloved L.A. personality did the honors in 2014 Vin Scully |
| #7429, aired 2016-12-22 | DOUBLE L $400: "Animal Farm" is an example of this literary device in which abstract ideas appear as characters in a story an allegory |
| #7429, aired 2016-12-22 | DOUBLE L $600: A metal capable of being shaped by hammering or pressure is said to be this malleable |
| #7424, aired 2016-12-15 | TO LIVE & DIE IN L.A. $400: This "Big Poppa" rapper was killed on March 9, 1997 as he left a music industry party in Los Angeles Biggie Smalls (The Notorious B.I.G.) |
| #7424, aired 2016-12-15 | 5 "L"ETTER WORDS $400: This gate fastener consists of a bar that fits into a notch latch |
| #7424, aired 2016-12-15 | TO LIVE & DIE IN L.A. $800: This L.A. lawyer gained notoriety at a murder trial for saying, "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit" Johnnie Cochran |
| #7424, aired 2016-12-15 | 5 "L"ETTER WORDS $800: A bedsheet or tablecloth linen |
| #7424, aired 2016-12-15 | TO LIVE & DIE IN L.A. $1200: Western movie stars Tom Mix & William S. Hart were at the funeral of this lawman who died in L.A. age 80 in 1929 Wyatt Earp |
| #7424, aired 2016-12-15 | 5 "L"ETTER WORDS $1200: It's a long rope used to catch horses & cattle a lasso |
| #7424, aired 2016-12-15 | TO LIVE & DIE IN L.A. $1600: Elizabeth Short, known by this flowery name, was the victim in an L.A. murder case officially unsolved after 69 years the Black Dahlia |
| #7424, aired 2016-12-15 | 5 "L"ETTER WORDS $1600: The name of this grated potato pancake is related to the Greek eladion, or "little oily thing" a latke |
| #7424, aired 2016-12-15 | TO LIVE & DIE IN L.A. $2000: L.A. Times reporter Ruben Salazar was killed during a 1970 protest by this community, a term for Mexican Americans Chicano |
| #7424, aired 2016-12-15 | 5 "L"ETTER WORDS $2000: This adjective means supple or marked by effortless grace such as the motions of a ballet dancer lithe |
| #7423, aired 2016-12-14 | STICK WITH ME $2,000 (Daily Double): More than 1 million fossil bones have been recovered at this sticky but popular L.A. tourist attraction the La Brea Tar Pits |
| #7422, aired 2016-12-13 | NO STAN LEE CAMEO $1600: Jake Gyllenhaal was not a teleporting X-Man in this 2014 movie, but rather a psychotic L.A. newsman Nightcrawler |
| #7414, aired 2016-12-01 | CRIMINAL CHOICES $600: An L.A. carjacker should not have targeted a minivan of club members in this 4-letter martial art judo |
| #7414, aired 2016-12-01 | ALMOST BEFORE & AFTER $1200: Chicken & noodle dish from L.A.'s Chao Krung restaurant served when a tennis set goes to 6-all pad Thai-breaker |
| #7412, aired 2016-11-29 | TAKE THE "A" TRAINING $600: In L.A. you can study the Meisner technique at the Elizabeth Mestnik Studio of this acting |
| #7411, aired 2016-11-28 | A SPELLING BEE $200: Adjective for lines that are the same distance apart at every point along their whole length P-A-R-A-L-L-E-L |
| #7411, aired 2016-11-28 | A SPELLING BEE $1000: Tagalog is a principal language of this country made up of more than 7,000 islands P-H-I-L-I-P-P-I-N-E-S |
| #7396, aired 2016-11-07 | THAT'S OXYMORONIC $600: L'Oreal makes a lip gloss in this dull finish also used for photos matte |
| #7395, aired 2016-11-04 | THE LIVES OF AUTHORS $1600: This "Magic Mountain" author left Germany for the same L.A. street where O.J. Simpson later lived Thomas Mann |
| #7389, aired 2016-10-27 | LETTER PERFECT $600: This letter stands for the currency of Albania; when it comes before F, it's often silent L |
| #7388, aired 2016-10-26 | NUMERIC TERMS $1600: The main road between Chicago & L.A. before the interstate highway system Route 66 |
| #7387, aired 2016-10-25 | NORTH CAROLINA, HISTORICALLY $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Wright Brothers Nat'l Memorial in North Carolina.) In 1902, the Wright Brothers made over 1,000 glider flights from the slopes of this 90-foot hill that was then a massive sand dune Kill Devil Hill |
| #7385, aired 2016-10-21 | MUSICIANS' SIGNATURE MOMENTS $400: On March 27, 1987 this band played "Where The Streets Have No Name" on the roof of a downtown L.A. building U2 |
| #7383, aired 2016-10-19 | TARANTINO'S FAVORITE ACTORS $1200: In "Django Unchained", this Tarantino veteran plays a house slave almost as evil as his master Samuel L. Jackson |
| #7382, aired 2016-10-18 | L.A. TELEVISION $200: Throughout the '90s, David Hasselhoff & company kept L.A. County beaches safe on this TV series Baywatch |
| #7382, aired 2016-10-18 | L.A. TELEVISION $400: His trusty agent & close circle of friends helped film star Vince Chase navigate L.A. on this show Entourage |
| #7382, aired 2016-10-18 | L.A. TELEVISION $600: As inner city L.A. cop Vic Mackey on "The Shield", this actor wasn't above breaking a few rules (Michael) Chiklis |
| #7382, aired 2016-10-18 | L.A. TELEVISION $800: As this title fixer for the L.A. rich & famous, Liev Schreiber seems to solve everyone's problems but his own Ray Donovan |
| #7382, aired 2016-10-18 | L.A. TELEVISION $1000: 5 decades apart, we spent time on this title road, at "77" & in "Studio 60" the Sunset Strip |
| #7382, aired 2016-10-18 | WHERE SELDOM IS HEARD $2000: "Sure, I'll have a 6th helping of" this 4-letter veggie with loose, curly leaves (actually, that may be heard in L.A. quite often) kale |
| #7376, aired 2016-10-10 | "L"8 WORDS $400: It's the fetching dog seen here a Labrador |
| #7376, aired 2016-10-10 | "L"8 WORDS $1200: For the song "The Lady Is A Tramp", it was Lorenz Hart a lyricist |
| #7376, aired 2016-10-10 | "L"8 WORDS $2000: It's the word for the type of musician seen here a lutenist |
| #7374, aired 2016-10-06 | BRITISH SPELLING TEST $200: Parlor P-A-R-L-O-U-R |
| #7374, aired 2016-10-06 | BRITISH SPELLING TEST $800: Airplane A-E-R-O-P-L-A-N-E |
| #7374, aired 2016-10-06 | BRITISH SPELLING TEST $1000: Jail
(more in bygone times than today) G-A-O-L |
| #7372, aired 2016-10-04 | RISING $1600: Abbreviated C.O.L.A., it's a wage increase to help workers keep up with rising prices a cost of living allowance |
| #7365, aired 2016-09-23 | REMEMBERING WORLD WAR I $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Nat'l WWI Museum & Memorial in Kansas City, MO.) The Liberty Memorial at the National World War I Museum was built as a monument to the men and women who served in the war; in 1926, in front of a crowd of 150,000, this president broke his notorious silence to dedicate the memorial Calvin Coolidge |
| #7365, aired 2016-09-23 | REMEMBERING WORLD WAR I $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Nat'l WWI Museum & Memorial in Kansas City, MO.) Even before the U.S. entry into the war, Americans were volunteering to drive Red Cross ambulances; one such adventurer was this 18-year-old, who was badly wounded in a mortar attack in Italy, nearly costing the U.S. a future Nobel Prize in Literature (Ernest) Hemingway |
| #7365, aired 2016-09-23 | REMEMBERING WORLD WAR I $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Nat'l WWI Museum & Memorial in Kansas City, MO.) The German model 1902 field Howitzer could hurl a 95-pound shell nearly 5 miles; because of their power & black smoke, the incoming rounds got this nickname among the allied troops after the hard-hitting African-American heavyweight champion of the era Jack Johnson |
| #7365, aired 2016-09-23 | REMEMBERING WORLD WAR I $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Nat'l WWI Museum & Memorial in Kansas City, MO.) The museum's Horizon Theater features a vivid recreation of the dangerous battle-scarred landscape between opposing lines known by this 3-word name no man's land |
| #7363, aired 2016-09-21 | RECENT BESTSELLING BOOKS $1200: Jean Stein has a touch of John Steinbeck in the title of a history of 5 big families in L.A. called "West of" this Eden |
| #7361, aired 2016-09-19 | MAYOR GARCETTI'S LOS ANGELES $400: (His Honor, the Mayor Eric Garcetti delivers the clue.) The Hollywood Sign was originally the Hollywoodland Sign, a $21,000 billboard in 1923, for this 2-word type of development owned by the publisher of the L.A. Times real estate |
| #7361, aired 2016-09-19 | MAYOR GARCETTI'S LOS ANGELES $600: (His Honor, the Mayor Eric Garcetti delivers the clue.) Using the term "California romanza" to mean "freedom to make one's own form", this 3-named architect's first L.A. project, Hollyhock House, was completed in 1921 Frank Lloyd Wright |
| #7361, aired 2016-09-19 | MAYOR GARCETTI'S LOS ANGELES $800: (His Honor, the Mayor Eric Garcetti delivers the clue.) At L.A.'s Griffith Observatory, the Astronomers Monument features 6 giants of the field: Hipparchus, Copernicus, Kepler, Newton, Herschel & this Italian genius Galileo |
| #7358, aired 2016-09-14 | EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew holds a model car at the Daytona Int'l Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL.) Before leaving the Daytona 500, stop by the gift shop & buy a scale model of Austin Dillon's No. 3 car, an SS model of this make a Chevy |
| #7355, aired 2016-07-29 | SPELL THE FIRST NAME $1200: Donald Trump's current wife M-E-L-A-N-I-A |
| #7353, aired 2016-07-27 | COMEDY TONIGHT $400: How do you stop police from tailing you in L.A.? Get Damon Wayans to give you bananas, like Eddie Murphy did in this '84 film Beverly Hills Cop |
| #7351, aired 2016-07-25 | THE MAGIC OF LAIKA ANIMATION $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Laika Animation Studios.) It's the "L.A." in "L.A.V.s", videos recorded by Laika animators walking through the scenes themselves beforehand, for a reference when animating later live action |
| #7351, aired 2016-07-25 | DUCK DAY AFTERNOON $800: French term that completes the name of a king that Martha Stewart makes with zest-- & juice: duck... à l'orange |
| #7349, aired 2016-07-21 | ON BROADWAY $1200: "Bright Star" shines on Broadway with music by Edie Brickell & this "L.A. Story" funny man Steve Martin |
| #7347, aired 2016-07-19 | L"UKE" $800: To express harsh disapproval of something a rebuke |
| #7347, aired 2016-07-19 | L"UKE" $1200: It's part of a whale's tail a fluke |
| #7347, aired 2016-07-19 | L"UKE" $1600: 7-letter term for a coin-operated phonograph a jukebox |
| #7345, aired 2016-07-15 | HERE COMES THE NEIGHBORHOOD $600: A UCLA fight song begins, "We are the Sons of" this L.A. neighborhood Westwood |
| #7338, aired 2016-07-06 | "L" ON WHEELS $400: Jerry Seinfeld said these 3 letters on a Ford stood for "limited", as in "how many of these damn things we can sell" LTD |
| #7338, aired 2016-07-06 | HIT THE GYM $600: Crunch Gym offers a class that focuses on the lower body called B.L.T., standing for butt & these related parts legs & thighs |
| #7338, aired 2016-07-06 | "L" ON WHEELS $1600: This founder of a sports car with a raging bull emblem was born a Taurus in Italy in 1916 Lamborghini |
| #7336, aired 2016-07-04 | NASCAR TECHNOLOGY $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Daytona Int'l Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL.) The tires used in NASCAR have another tire within them for safety reasons, & are filled with this gas, symbol N, because it contains less moisture than air, & the tire pressure doesn't change as much in a race nitrogen |
| #7336, aired 2016-07-04 | NASCAR TECHNOLOGY $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Daytona Int'l Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL.) The window net used to prevent injuries by keeping a driver's arms inside the car during a crash became mandatory after this NASCAR legend, known as "King Richard", almost died in a 1970 wreck at Darlington Richard Petty |
| #7336, aired 2016-07-04 | NASCAR TECHNOLOGY $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Daytona Int'l Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL.) Engines with carburetors ruled NASCAR for decades, but since 2012, all cars have been equipped with EFI, electronic this, because it's more efficient & produces a better air-gas mixture fuel injection |
| #7336, aired 2016-07-04 | NASCAR TECHNOLOGY $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Daytona Int'l Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL.) Banking is the degree of incline of a racetrack's surface, which allows the cars to go faster in the turns with minimal lateral slippage; while Daytona has a 31% bank, Will Ferrell could tell you that this Alabama speedway is even steeper, at 33% Talladega |
| #7336, aired 2016-07-04 | NASCAR TECHNOLOGY $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Daytona Int'l Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL.) Also known as the blade, this strip of metal on the rear deck lid is designed to create down force on the rear of the car to increase traction, but it has to be angled just right so it doesn't hinder speed on the straightaways a spoiler |
| #7334, aired 2016-06-30 | THE RED AUERBACH TROPHY $400: 1989-90:
Pat Riley of this "Showtime" squad the L.A. Lakers |
| #7328, aired 2016-06-22 | ART TERMS $1000: This type of illusionism means "deceive the eye" in French a trompe l'oeil |
| #7327, aired 2016-06-21 | FAMOUS ELEPHANTS $1600: In the late 19th century a circus elephant named for this bare-knuckle champ boxed with a glove on his trunk John L. Sullivan |
| #7325, aired 2016-06-17 | TOUGH AARON SPELLING WOMEN $400: Tiffani-Amber Thiessen's manipulative Valerie moved from Buffalo to L.A. & got busy with Dylan on this show Beverly Hills, 90210 |
| #7325, aired 2016-06-17 | BECAUSE $400: The L.A. Dodgers went from 1967 to '76 & 1988 to '99 without having a game canceled because of this a rainout |
| #7317, aired 2016-06-07 | MUSEUMS $2000: L.A.'s Museum of Tolerance is an arm of the center named for this Holocaust survivor & Nazi hunter Wiesenthal |
| #7313, aired 2016-06-01 | IVY LEAGUE $600: L.A. restaurant The Ivy is a favorite of celebrities, hence also of these celeb-focused photographers the paparazzi |
| #7303, aired 2016-05-18 | LOUIS, LOUIS $200: With novels like "The Burning Hills" & "Silver Canyon", Louis L'Amour was a master of this fiction genre Western |
| #7301, aired 2016-05-16 | BALLPARK FACTS & FIGURES $200: In 1934 this A.L. park got a new left field wall; in 1947 that wall was painted green to match the rest of the park Fenway |
| #7295, aired 2016-05-06 | PRONUNCIATION $800: This strip of fish can have a double L & a sounded T; McDonald's prefers a single L & silent T a filet (or a fillet) |
| #7284, aired 2016-04-21 | LITERARY NEW YORK CITY $800: E.L. Doctorow's "The Waterworks" is a Gothic thriller set during this man's corrupt 19th century rule of the city Boss Tweed |
| #7282, aired 2016-04-19 | A MIDNIGHT MOVIE $1600: Bounty hunter Robert De Niro has to get "The Duke" to L.A. in this 1988 film Midnight Run |
| #7275, aired 2016-04-08 | "GET" GOING $1600: The L.A. art center named for this tycoon opened in 1997 (Paul) Getty |
| #7265, aired 2016-03-25 | PLAYTIME WITH SHAKESPEARE $800: "A Y L I" As You Like It |
| #7261, aired 2016-03-21 | THE FRENCH MISTAKE, VOILA! $400: 2 scandals of this 2007-12 French pres.: cash-stuffed envelopes from a L'Oreal heiress & Pakistani arms deal kickbacks Sarkozy |
| #7258, aired 2016-03-16 | THE WRIGHT BROTHERS $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Wright Brothers Nat'l Memorial.) Seeking a place for test flights with strong winds, privacy & sand for soft landings, the Wrights wrote a letter to the U.S. weather bureau & received a list of possible locations; this small fishing village on North Carolina's Outer Banks was just perfect Kitty Hawk |
| #7258, aired 2016-03-16 | THE WRIGHT BROTHERS $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Wright Brothers Nat'l Memorial in Kill Devil Hills, NC.) Frustrated with the data then available concerning wing & propeller designs, the Wrights built their own wind tunnel & tested dozens of models to see what shapes produced the most lift & the least of this force--the resistance to forward motion drag |
| #7258, aired 2016-03-16 | THE WRIGHT BROTHERS $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Wright Brothers Nat'l Memorial in Kill Devil Hills, NC.) To provide more thrust, the Wrights used two propellers driven by a bicycle chain & sprocket; the laminated spruce propellers were carved by hand & mounted so they'd rotate in opposite directions, canceling out this twisting force torque |
| #7258, aired 2016-03-16 | THE WRIGHT BROTHERS $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Wright Brothers Nat'l Memorial in Kill Devil Hills, NC.) A device called an elevator was placed on the front of the Wrights' plane for more efficiency & to protect the pilot in case of a crash; operated by a lever, it adjusted this upward and downward motion of the plane's nose pitch |
| #7253, aired 2016-03-09 | LIKE A BOSS $1000: In 2015 this ex-Microsoft man & L.A. Clippers owner was the richest sports team owner in the U.S., with $21.6 billion Steve Ballmer |
| #7249, aired 2016-03-03 | TIME OFF $1,000 (Daily Double): It's a peaceful & happy interlude &, perhaps fittingly, a homophone of a word for "lazy" idyll |
| #7248, aired 2016-03-02 | EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Valley Forge Nat'l Historical Park in Pennsylvania.) At the Valley Forge Encampment Store, treat yourself to a pencil sharpener version of this man's headquarters George Washington |
| #7247, aired 2016-03-01 | CALIFORNIA PRO SPORTS TEAMS $600: David Beckham retired from Major League Soccer after helping this team win 2 MLS Cups the L.A. Galaxy |
| #7244, aired 2016-02-25 | "LAST" FILMS $1600: L.A. does have a football team & it's called the stallions in this Bruce Willis/Damon Wayans caper The Last Boy Scout |
| #7236, aired 2016-02-15 | GOOD CAUSES $200: In 2015 about 6,500 athletes with intellectual disabilities, from 165 countries, came together in L.A. for this event the Special Olympics |
| #7221, aired 2016-01-25 | SPELLING BEE WORDS $400: This table has the days of the month & year C-A-L-E-N-D-A-R |
| #7221, aired 2016-01-25 | SPELLING BEE WORDS $1600: A scary New Testament quartet is known as the Four Horsemen of it A-P-O-C-A-L-Y-P-S-E |
| #7216, aired 2016-01-18 | GALLANTLY STREAMING TV $400: Title last name of Harry (aka Hieronymus), Michael Connelly's L.A. detective played by Titus Welliver Bosch |
| #7214, aired 2016-01-14 | THIS CATEGORY HAS BEEN FLAGGED $1200: A seminal L.A. punk band of the 1980s, or what a NASCAR driver gets if he's caught speeding on pit road Black Flag |
| #7201, aired 2015-12-28 | TEAMS ON THE MOVE $200: NFL: In 1995 the L.A. Rams became the first team to leave the west coast, relocating to this city St. Louis |
| #7199, aired 2015-12-24 | VAN THE MAN $1200: Van filmed 3 2009 L.A. shows so this bedridden, ailing one of "Charlie's Angels", a big fan, could watch Farrah Fawcett |
| #7181, aired 2015-11-30 | KIDNAPPING $600: In 1973 this oilman & founder of an L.A. art museum paid $2.2 million to get back a grandson--the most he could take off hs taxes (Jean Paul) Getty |
| #7180, aired 2015-11-27 | FEMALE NOVELISTS $400: In a 2015 bestseller, she retold "Fifty Shades of Grey" from Christian's viewpoint E.L. James |
| #7178, aired 2015-11-25 | U.S. MOUNTAINS $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a view of Mount Misery at Valley Forge Nat'l Historic Park.) Mount Misery & Mount Joy, which make Valley Forge's valley, are said to have gotten their name from a miserable night this Quaker & state founder spent lost surveying the area, & the joyful next day where he could see his way William Penn |
| #7175, aired 2015-11-20 | MOVIE LINES, MADE TV-SAFE $400: This actor, in a 2006 film: "I have had it with these monkey-fighting snakes on this Monday-to-Friday plane" Samuel L. Jackson |
| #7167, aired 2015-11-10 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $2000: This November observance, when girls court guys, began with a 1937 Li'l Abner comic strip Sadie Hawkins Day |
| #7164, aired 2015-11-05 | "L" OF A CATEGORY $400: Vigilantes "take" it "into their own hands" the law |
| #7164, aired 2015-11-05 | "L" OF A CATEGORY $800: A British elevator a lift |
| #7164, aired 2015-11-05 | "L" OF A CATEGORY $1200: Lucky's last name, or Pavarotti's first Luciano |
| #7164, aired 2015-11-05 | "L" OF A CATEGORY $1600: A certified competitive swimming pool has 8 lanes |
| #7164, aired 2015-11-05 | "L" OF A CATEGORY $2000: It's a melodic phrase associated with one character in an opera a leitmotif |
| #7157, aired 2015-10-27 | DOWNTOWN CABBIE $800: Sure, I can take you to this L.A. sports arena where Kobe plays; you know it doesn't sell office supplies, right? the Staples Center |
| #7139, aired 2015-10-01 | OF HAPPINESS $1000: In 1997 this French-named cosmetics company introduced Happy, a fragrance for women Clinique |
| #7138, aired 2015-09-30 | LITERARY CRIME WATCH $1200: Los Angeles-based novels by James Ellroy include "L.A. Confidential" & this one about an actual unsolved 1947 murder The Black Dahlia |
| #7137, aired 2015-09-29 | LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER $400: A steamy E.L. James book becomes Canadian football's biggest team prize Fifty Shades of Grey Cup |
| #7136, aired 2015-09-28 | A "COOL" CATEGORY $400: It's the nom de rap of Artis Ivey Coolio |
| #7132, aired 2015-09-22 | A FASHIONABLE CATEGORY $400: (Hi, I'm fashion designer Cynthia Rowley.) I got my start in retail when a woman on the "L" train admired my jacket; it turned out she was a buyer for this historic Chicago department store, which bought my first collection Marshall Field's |
| #7128, aired 2015-09-16 | QUICK LIT $800: Madeleine L'Engle won a 1963 Newbery for this fantasy story A Wrinkle in Time |
| #7119, aired 2015-07-23 | POTENT POTABLES $200: The Big Bukowski is an offering at the L.A. literary pub called "Catcher in" this, a kind of whiskey rye |
| #7115, aired 2015-07-17 | "L"AKES $400: On a clear night in Arizona's white mountains, look for the Moon's reflection in this lake, Spanish for "moon" Luna |
| #7115, aired 2015-07-17 | "L"AKES $1200: Sadly, the beautiful Chapel Bridge over this Swiss lake was badly damaged in a 1993 fire Lake Lucerne |
| #7115, aired 2015-07-17 | "L"AKES $2000: Georgia's Blue Ridge Mountains are home to Lake Sidney this, named for a 19th c. Southern poet Lanier |
| #7108, aired 2015-07-08 | FIGHT OR FLIGHT $2000: It's the last name of the Galveston man who took off for L.A. but went the wrong way & landed in Dublin on July 17, 1938 Corrigan |
| #7097, aired 2015-06-23 | NEW YORK POLITICIANS $800: A philosophy of Republicans, or the party of Senator James L. Buckley & his brother, losing mayoral candidate William F. Buckley conservative |
| #7094, aired 2015-06-18 | TO LIFE! $800: These 3 letters from "life" front "-de-France" in a French region I-L-E |
| #7088, aired 2015-06-10 | NUMERICAL TV $2000: It was Reed & Malloy on patrol in L.A. on this classic cop show Adam-12 |
| #7087, aired 2015-06-09 | POLITICAL VOCABULARY $400: The Nov. 8, 1972 L.A. Times headline was this type of huge "Victory for Nixon" landslide |
| #7082, aired 2015-06-02 | "L"EMENTARY $400: It's a raised embankment that prevents a river from overflowing a levee |
| #7082, aired 2015-06-02 | "L"EMENTARY $1200: From the Latin for "to pour out as an offering", it's a liquid used in a religious ritual a libation |
| #7082, aired 2015-06-02 | "L"EMENTARY $1600: A jagged cut or wound a laceration |
| #7071, aired 2015-05-18 | COMPOSERS $1000: An "L" of a great pianist as well as a composer, he composed the "Liebestraum" or "Love Dream" heard here (Franz) Liszt |
| #7071, aired 2015-05-18 | LITERARY CITIES $4,000 (Daily Double): L.A.'s corner of Hollywood Blvd. & Cahuenga, where this detective had an office, has been named Raymond Chandler Square Philip Marlowe |
| #7069, aired 2015-05-14 | WHAT THE "L" $800: Paul Bunyan could tell you it's a longer name for a logger a lumberjack |
| #7069, aired 2015-05-14 | WHAT THE "L" $1200: Trash usually ends up at this place, buried between layers of dirt a landfill |
| #7067, aired 2015-05-12 | CITIES IN SONG $400: Randy Newman:
"Looks like another perfect day, I love" this city L.A. |
| #7061, aired 2015-05-04 | THE "L" WITH IT $200: It's a tennis stroke lofted over an opponent's head a lob |
| #7061, aired 2015-05-04 | THE "L" WITH IT $400: Before "car", it means a vehicle for hire, such as a limo livery |
| #7061, aired 2015-05-04 | THE "L" WITH IT $600: A plumber knows this item preceded "cinch" to denote a certainty a lead pipe |
| #7061, aired 2015-05-04 | THE "L" WITH IT $800: In the end, a good shoemaker sticks to this wooden model of a foot a last |
| #7061, aired 2015-05-04 | THE "L" WITH IT $1000: My dearest Millicent, if you take this alcoholic tincture of opium for your neuralgia, use just a drop a laudanum |
| #7059, aired 2015-04-30 | LONG-RUNNING MUSICALS IN SHORT $800: Marvin Hamlisch composed the music for it:
"A.C.L." A Chorus Line |
| #7059, aired 2015-04-30 | LONG-RUNNING MUSICALS IN SHORT $1000: It's a gay old time:
"L.C.A.F." La Cage aux Folles |
| #7052, aired 2015-04-21 | THE BIGGEST LOSER $800: In a Wimbledon singles final: Miss P.D.H. Boothby, in 1911 to Mrs. R.L. Chambers by this worst possible score 6-love, 6-love |
| #7052, aired 2015-04-21 | "IN"QUISITION $1600: L.A.'s beloved four-level one, where the 101 meets the 110, opened in 1953 an interchange |
| #7049, aired 2015-04-16 | 2014 ADDITIONS TO THE NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY $800: "Felicia", a 1965 documentary about a high school student living in this L.A. neighborhood before the riots Watts |
| #7044, aired 2015-04-09 | "L"ITERATURE $800: Garcia Lorca wrote one of these "for the Death of a Bullfighter" a lament |
| #7041, aired 2015-04-06 | YOU MAY BE A WALNUT... $1000: ...if you're loaded with L-arginine, one of these alliterative compounds vital to growth & immunity an amino acid |
| #7039, aired 2015-04-02 | TEAM AKAs $1000: Blake Griffin helped turn this NBA team into "Lob City" the L.A. Clippers |
| #7033, aired 2015-03-25 | DON'T L ME $200: It's a possible response in a T or F quiz true |
| #7033, aired 2015-03-25 | DON'T L ME $600: It's a call an umpire can make regarding a ball hit down the line fair |
| #7033, aired 2015-03-25 | DON'T L ME $800: It's a color on Israel's flag white |
| #7033, aired 2015-03-25 | DON'T L ME $1000: A basic 4-letter category of food mentioned in 1 Corinthians 3:2 meat |
| #7031, aired 2015-03-23 | YOU CAN'T SPELL GEOGRAPHY WITHOUT "M" $400: This celeb-filled community in L.A. County lies on 21 miles of gorgeous but unstable coast Malibu |
| #7026, aired 2015-03-16 | THE LONDON STAGE $1200: In 2013 "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." Robert Vaughn played Juror No. 9 in a new version of this courtroom drama Twelve Angry Men |
| #7025, aired 2015-03-13 | PLAY ME... $400: This song that says, "It winds from Chicago to L.A., more than 2,000 miles all the way" "Route 66" |
| #7023, aired 2015-03-11 | SPY TECH $1,200 (Daily Double): A hub of cyberspying on U.S. institutions is the Shanghai base of P.L.A. Unit 61398, P.L.A. short for this People's Liberation Army |
| #7021, aired 2015-03-09 | THE SCIENCE OF SECURITY $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Lawrence Livermore Nat'l Laboratory in Livermore, CA.) National security along with national wealth would be enhanced with safe boundless process that powers the Sun; one approach involves a powerful laser working like a spark plug fusion |
| #7021, aired 2015-03-09 | THE SCIENCE OF SECURITY $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Lawrence Livermore Nat'l Laboratory in Livermore, CA.) A new military uniform material under development protects personnel from chemical and biological weapons using CNTs or these nanotubes which close up like tiny pores during an attack carbon |
| #7021, aired 2015-03-09 | THE SCIENCE OF SECURITY $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Lawrence Livermore Nat'l Laboratory in Livermore, CA.) The lab's high performance computing with the capacity of 20 quadrillion operations per second is not just helping to build weapons systems, but to model this, which Sec. of State Kerry in 2014 called directly related to the potential of greater conflict climate change |
| #7017, aired 2015-03-03 | SNAKES $1000: Everyone loves to vacation in F-L-A, including the nearly 19-foot Burmese this found in Miami-Dade in 2013 a python |
| #7013, aired 2015-02-25 | THE LIBERTY BELL $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Independence Nat'l Historical Park in Philadelphia, PA.) As it was being hung in 1753, the clapper struck a side, cracking the bell; two workmen named Pass & Stow later added this reddish metal as it was being recast, & their names are now prominently displayed copper |
| #7010, aired 2015-02-20 | LOS ANGELES' SISTER CITIES $400: A top film production center & the largest city in western Canada, it's the closest sister city to L.A. Vancouver |
| #7010, aired 2015-02-20 | LOS ANGELES' SISTER CITIES $800: Nagoya, which in 1959 became L.A.'s first sister city, has some of the oldest shrines for this Japanese religion Shinto |
| #7010, aired 2015-02-20 | LOS ANGELES' SISTER CITIES $1600: L.A. has 2 sister cities in Africa: Lusaka, Zambia & this pyramid city on the Nile Giza |
| #7009, aired 2015-02-19 | LAMB-POURRI $800: The L.A.M.B. shoe line, created by this "Hollaback Girl" singer, is an acronym for Love Angel Music Baby (Gwen) Stefani |
| #6990, aired 2015-01-23 | FINNISH HIM! $2000: A critic said this conductor made the L.A. Phil "the most intellectually lively orchestra in America" Esa-Pekka Salonen |
| #6981, aired 2015-01-12 | PROCESS OF "L-M-N"ATION $400: Think pink & name this web-footed bird up to 5 feet tall a flamingo |
| #6978, aired 2015-01-07 | OF THE NATIONAL DESIGN AWARDS $600: Designs by 2014 Lifetime Achievement winners Ivan Chermayeff & Tom Geismar include one for this L.A. museum MOCA (the Museum of Contemporary Art) |
| #6978, aired 2015-01-07 | THE $1 BILL $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows currency on the monitor.) The letter inside the circle indicates which one of the 12 Federal Reserve banks issued the dollar, from "A" for Boston all the way to "L" for the bank in this West Coast city San Francisco |
| #6975, aired 2015-01-02 | POLICE LINGO $600: When trying to locate a suspect, cops will often check this, his "L.K.A." last known address |
| #6972, aired 2014-12-30 | TELEVISION FOR SHORT $800: The "H" in "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." stands for this, also in the name of a Cabinet department Homeland |
| #6966, aired 2014-12-22 | KEEP ON TRUCKIN' $1200: A good reminder before backing up your truck at any time is the acronym "G.O.A.L."--"get out and" do this look |
| #6960, aired 2014-12-12 | "L"ITERATURE $600: The villain of this novel is a cunning & vengeful Huron named Magua The Last of the Mohicans |
| #6959, aired 2014-12-11 | TO LIFE $800: A song from this musical begins, "To life, to life, L'chaim!" Fiddler on the Roof |
| #6958, aired 2014-12-10 | POINT "A" TO POINT "B" $2000: Jimmy Stewart went from this mountain-named Eastern region of modest living to this L.A.-area city of the opposite Appalachia to Beverly Hills |
| #6952, aired 2014-12-02 | SPELL IT OUT FOR ME $200: This gaming console that comes in PS4 & PS Vita models P-L-A-Y-S-T-A-T-I-O-N |
| #6952, aired 2014-12-02 | SPORTS STARS $200: LeBron James led this team to back to back NBA titles in 2012 & 2013 the Miami Heat |
| #6952, aired 2014-12-02 | AT THE SMITHSONIAN $600: (Alex delivers the clue from the Nat'l Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.) The museum has one of the original stuffed animals named for this president & avid hunter, after a story spread about him letting a bear go; although, in reality, all he did was refuse to shoot the bear when it was wounded Theodore Roosevelt |
| #6952, aired 2014-12-02 | SPELL IT OUT FOR ME $600: This title monster who squares off with the MUTOs in a 2014 film G-O-D-Z-I-L-L-A |
| #6952, aired 2014-12-02 | SPELL IT OUT FOR ME $800: This Olympic sport that consists of 10 track & field events D-E-C-A-T-H-L-O-N |
| #6947, aired 2014-11-25 | CHICK LIT $400: In an L. Frank Baum novel, Billina the hen is blown overboard from a steamship along with this girl Dorothy |
| #6946, aired 2014-11-24 | STARTS & ENDS WITH L $400: A continuation of a coat collar lapel |
| #6946, aired 2014-11-24 | LINCOLN $600: An urban legend says Abe's hands in the Lincoln Memorial are spelling these two letters in sign language A & L |
| #6946, aired 2014-11-24 | STARTS & ENDS WITH L $600: A type of move within an office that's not a promotion or demotion lateral |
| #6946, aired 2014-11-24 | STARTS & ENDS WITH L $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a family tree diagram on the monitor.) Your sister's grandson is your collateral descendant; your own grandson is this type of direct descendant lineal |
| #6934, aired 2014-11-06 | TRANSPORTATION $2000: L.A.'s Angels Flight
is an example of this short cable-drawn
cliff railway funicular |
| #6926, aired 2014-10-27 | ADD A LETTER $1200: To rescue from danger, perhaps by adding an "L" to make a medical ointment for healing save & salve |
| #6918, aired 2014-10-15 | WHICH SANDWICH? $1000: Philippe's in L.A. claims to have invented this dunky sandwich the French dip |
| #6911, aired 2014-10-06 | AN UNKNOWN NUMBER OF SONGS $400: It took Sammy Hagar 16 hours to get to L.A.!
"I Can't Drive ____" 55 |
| #6907, aired 2014-09-30 | ARMS AND THE MAN $800: All that dunking & dribbling has been good for the muscle tone of this man's arms Blake Griffin |
| #6906, aired 2014-09-29 | "CAT" PEOPLE $800: Piscine nickname of the 1974 A.L. Cy Young award winner (yes, he had whiskers) "Catfish" Hunter |
| #6902, aired 2014-09-23 | DOUBLE-LETTER ENDINGS $1000: To sing with a vibratory or quavering effect to trill |
| #6902, aired 2014-09-23 | THE ALL-WRITERS BASKETBALL TEAM $1600: 6'3'' from Fairfax High, this author of crime books like "L.A. Confidential" James Ellroy |
| #6883, aired 2014-07-16 | HEADLINE NEWS $400: In January 1949 it was front-page news in the L.A. Times that this "Falls for Third Night, Tangling... Traffic" Snow |
| #6873, aired 2014-07-02 | MOB MOVIES $1200: "Get Shorty", about mobsters in L.A., was based on a novel by this crime fiction legend who died in 2013 Elmore Leonard |
| #6873, aired 2014-07-02 | FINAL RESTING PLACES $1600: Begun in 1906, this L.A.-area cemetery is the final resting place of Elizabeth Taylor & Jimmy Stewart Forest Lawn |
| #6868, aired 2014-06-25 | POLITICAL PARTIES $400: Chuck Connors, Cesar Romero & Buddy Ebsen were on hand at L.A.'s Century Plaza to celebrate his 1984 presidential win Reagan |
| #6858, aired 2014-06-11 | A "TON" OF CITIES $200: L'Enfant, but not L'Enfant Terrible, designed this U.S. city Washington, D.C. |
| #6854, aired 2014-06-05 | SHEEP-POURRI $200: In Australia a sheep farm is called one of these, the second "S" in the l.S.S. station |
| #6852, aired 2014-06-03 | HOSPITALS $1600: A mural in the Harvey Morse auditorium of this L.A. medical center honors Jewish contributions to medicine Cedars-Sinai |
| #6848, aired 2014-05-28 | LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABRATORY $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Los Alamos Nat'l Laboratory in New Mexico.) At the heart of the Neutron Science Center is a powerful linear accelerator that accelerates protons to 84% of this, the "c" in E = mc2 the speed of light |
| #6848, aired 2014-05-28 | LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABRATORY $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Los Alamos Nat'l Laboratory in New Mexico.) When Trident is active, its three beams produce in 500 quadrillionths of a second the equivalent of 200 times the electrical output capacity of the U.S.; it's a type of this beam device first suggested by Einstein a laser |
| #6848, aired 2014-05-28 | LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABRATORY $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Los Alamos Nat'l Laboratory in New Mexico.) A Los Alamos operation center monitors instruments that help this craft that landed on Mars in 2012 analyze rocks & soil Curiosity |
| #6848, aired 2014-05-28 | LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABRATORY $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Los Alamos Nat'l Laboratory in New Mexico.) The National High Magnetic Field Lab owns a world record; its magnet reached the goal of 100 of these magnetic units, named for a European-American scientist teslas |
| #6837, aired 2014-05-13 | RECENT NOVELS $1000: Detective Harry Bosch looks back 20 years at a killing during the 1992 L.A. riots in "The Black Box" by this novelist Michael Connelly |
| #6835, aired 2014-05-09 | THAT '70s SHOW $1000: Squad 51 kept on saving L.A. in this show with Randolph Mantooth, Kevin Tighe & Julie London Emergency! |
| #6828, aired 2014-04-30 | NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $400: 1984:
A French-named sled with its own Olympic events L-U-G-E |
| #6824, aired 2014-04-24 | DOES HOLD WATER $600: Painter David Hockney often depicted these in L.A., as in "Peter Getting Out of Nick's" swimming pool |
| #6823, aired 2014-04-23 | "B" IN THE TOP 40 $800: In 1987 this band of L.A. women hit No. 2 with "Hazy Shade Of Winter" the Bangles |
| #6821, aired 2014-04-21 | THAT '70s SONG $1200: "Holly came from Miami, F‑L‑A, hitchhiked her way across the U.S.A." "Walk On The Wild Side" |
| #6821, aired 2014-04-21 | THAT '70s SONG $1600: "Blue jean baby, L.A. lady, seamstress for the band" "Tiny Dancer" |
| #6808, aired 2014-04-02 | "SELF-E"s $800: Adjective for an autodidact self-educated |
| #6807, aired 2014-04-01 | HISTORIC OBJECTS $800: To reconstruct the original Hollywood sign, you'd have to add these 4 letters L-A-N-D |
| #6799, aired 2014-03-20 | LABOR UNIONS $800: When the N.A.L.C., the National Association of these, went on strike in NYC in 1970, soldiers delivered the mail letter carriers |
| #6797, aired 2014-03-18 | QUICK LIT $800: His L.A. novels include
"The Black Dahlia" James Ellroy |
| #6796, aired 2014-03-17 | THE TWO-THOUSAND YEAR OLD MAN $800: (Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks present the clue.)
"What was your most annoying job?"
"Well, I was a scrivener for this poet who couldn't spell. The first line of his prologue, he spells 'April' like this-A-P-R-I-L-L-E. That's--that's how he spelled 'April'" Chaucer |
| #6794, aired 2014-03-13 | ELEPHANT HODGEPODGE $1200: About 100 years ago, a circus elephant named John L. Sullivan participated in this sport in an act with his trainer boxing |
| #6786, aired 2014-03-03 | CRYPTIC CROSSWORD CLUES "L" $1200: Book that settles accounts
(6) a ledger |
| #6784, aired 2014-02-27 | NAMING RIGHTS $400: For $5 million in 2013 an L.A. movie house became TCL Chinese Theatre, but we bet many will still call it this, after its founder Grauman's |
| #6778, aired 2014-02-19 | RECENTLY BANNED OR CHALLENGED BOOKS $400: A Florida county pulled this 2011 E.L. James book from libraries, but it came back "in response to public demand" Fifty Shades of Grey |
| #6776, aired 2014-02-17 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Valley Forge Nat'l Historical Park in Pennsylvania.) Honored with a monument, the 500 black soldiers at Valley Forge included the U.S. military's first African-American unit of free men, the regiment known as the First of this Ocean State Rhode Island |
| #6775, aired 2014-02-14 | ONLINE & TEXT ABBREVIATIONS $1000: "A/S/L" is an inquisitive, personal question inquiring about these 3 things age, sex, and location |
| #6772, aired 2014-02-11 | RECENT TV $200: Despite the inconvenience of being killed in a movie, Phil Coulson made it to the small screen as an "Agent of" this S.H.I.E.L.D. |
| #6765, aired 2014-01-31 | SHAKESPEAREAN SPELLING BEE $600: In the Cambridge Shakespeare text, title word between "Love's" & "Lost" (don't forget the apostrophe) L-A-B-O-U-R-'-S |
| #6765, aired 2014-01-31 | SHAKESPEAREAN SPELLING BEE $1,000 (Daily Double): Lear's virtuous daughter C-O-R-D-E-L-I-A |
| #6756, aired 2014-01-20 | DURING LOU GEHRIG'S CONSECUTIVE GAME STREAK $800: A dissenting faction led by John L. Lewis left the AFL & founded this group the CIO |
| #6751, aired 2014-01-13 | VALLEY FORGE $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Valley Forge Nat'l Historical Park in Pennsylvania.) At Valley Forge, both Washington & his men were indebted to this French marquis who used his own money to clothe soldiers & help defeat a plot to remove Washington from command Lafayette |
| #6751, aired 2014-01-13 | VALLEY FORGE $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Valley Forge Nat'l Historical Park in Pennsylvania.) After British victories at Brandywine & Germantown, the British went on to a comfy winter in Philadelphia; Washington retreated with 10,000 troops to camp at Valley Forge along this river that could be used as a defensive boundary the Schuylkill |
| #6751, aired 2014-01-13 | VALLEY FORGE $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Valley Forge Nat'l Historical Park in Pennsylvania.) One of the great feats in military history was the training at Valley Forge, turning a ragtag army into a professional fighting force; the architect of the training was this Prussian who didn't even speak English von Steuben |
| #6746, aired 2014-01-06 | IT'S A RAP $2000: Public Enemy:
"You go ooh and ahh when I jump in my car/ People treat me like" this hall of fame L.A. Lakers center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| #6743, aired 2014-01-01 | ROMAN ARCHITECTURE TERMS $1000: A sacrarium was one of these in a home or temple, smaller than the L.A. awards show venue dating from 1926 a shrine |
| #6740, aired 2013-12-27 | YOUR NAME IS PERFECT $200: L.A.'s Dallas Raines & New York's Amy Freeze have this job meteorologist |
| #6728, aired 2013-12-11 | AUDIO BOOK PERFORMERS $1200: This amazon.com subsidiary .com has an A-list collection that includes Anne Hathaway reading L. Frank Baum audible.com |
| #6726, aired 2013-12-09 | YOU PROBABLY THINK THIS SONG IS ABOUT YOU $200: The Knack's biggest hit was about "My" girl named this; she went on to be a successful L.A. realtor Sharona |
| #6725, aired 2013-12-06 | MOVIE PEOPLE $2000: Samuel L. Jackson has played this agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Nick Fury |
| #6724, aired 2013-12-05 | I GUESTED ON LAW & ORDER $1200: He was a lawyer for hooligans in the 1991 episode "The Violence of Summer"; he later saw violence as Mace Windu, Jedi Samuel L. Jackson |
| #6724, aired 2013-12-05 | I GUESTED ON LAW & ORDER $2000: On "L&O" Ty Burrell played a guy named Paul in 2000 & a guy named Herman in 2003; now he plays this doofy dad on "Modern Family" Phil |
| #6718, aired 2013-11-27 | FAR SOUTHERN NOVELS $400: 32 years after "A Wrinkle in Time", she wrote of the South Pole in "Troubling a Star" Madeleine L'Engle |
| #6716, aired 2013-11-25 | I C U R A 1-LETTER RESPONSE $400: It's the letter seen here in American Sign Language L |
| #6708, aired 2013-11-13 | T.P., YOUR HOUSE $400: Tom Petty, you had a house in Encino in this part of L.A. that's the setting of "Free Falling" the San Fernando Valley |
| #6707, aired 2013-11-12 | QUOTABLE QUOTES $800: Following the 1992 L.A. riots, he asked, "Can we all get along?" Rodney King |
| #6699, aired 2013-10-31 | ABBREVIATED VIDEO GAME TITLES $600: "S.L." is this game where you can virtually build a whole other existence Second Life |
| #6689, aired 2013-10-17 | LANGUAGES IN THE USA $200: In 1993 KLAX-FM became the first station in this language to top L.A.'s radio ratings Spanish |
| #6686, aired 2013-10-14 | "BOY"s WILL BE BOYS $2000: Not far from L.A., Mrs. Knott's restaurant has been serving these pies since 1934 boysenberry pies |
| #6683, aired 2013-10-09 | WEIRD TOP 40 HITS $400: Richard Harris & others sang of this L.A. space "melting in the dark, all the sweet, green icing flowing down" MacArthur Park |
| #6674, aired 2013-09-26 | & FEEL ALL RIGHT $200: L-theanine, an amino acid in the green type of this beverage, helps curb a rising heart rate & may relieve anxiety (green) tea |
| #6673, aired 2013-09-25 | THE TALES OF HASSELHOFF, MAN $1000: In a 1998 TV movie, the Hoff played "Nick Fury: Agent of" this organization that got its own TV show in 2013 S.H.I.E.L.D. |
| #6658, aired 2013-07-24 | NAIL POLISH COLORS $600: Completes the name of a polish by L'Oreal, "Because You're..." Worth It |
| #6648, aired 2013-07-10 | CROSSWORD CLUES "L" $200: Sleepyheads' song
(7) a lullaby |
| #6648, aired 2013-07-10 | CROSSWORD CLUES "L" $400: Rent collector
(8) a landlord |
| #6648, aired 2013-07-10 | CROSSWORD CLUES "L" $600: Acrobat's garb
(7) a leotard |
| #6641, aired 2013-07-01 | FAMILY PLANNING $1200: This owner's death in 2013 left his kids Jim & Jeanie in charge of the L.A. Lakers Jerry Buss |
| #6640, aired 2013-06-28 | THE ENVIRONMENT $200: A 2010 L.A. county ordinance says no grocery store "shall provide to any customer" this type of "carryout bag" a plastic bag |
| #6640, aired 2013-06-28 | GOOD "BI" $600: Geographic description of a firm with offices in L.A. & New York bicoastal |
| #6637, aired 2013-06-25 | ENDS IN DOUBLE L $400: This, please a drumroll |
| #6637, aired 2013-06-25 | ENDS IN DOUBLE L $600: A pistachio casing; "in a" this can mean "in very brief form" a nutshell |
| #6637, aired 2013-06-25 | ENDS IN DOUBLE L $800: Kindness, or a charity thrift store organization Goodwill |
| #6637, aired 2013-06-25 | ENDS IN DOUBLE L $1000: Things have come to a this 10-letter word, a cessation of movement a standstill |
| #6629, aired 2013-06-13 | THE NFL $600: Pete Carroll left the sunny climes of L.A. & USC to become head coach of this team in a decidedly Rainier environment the Seahawks |
| #6629, aired 2013-06-13 | FROM "L" TO "M" $800: A deadlock or impasse logjam |
| #6629, aired 2013-06-13 | FROM "L" TO "M" $1000: This Greek school stood in a grove sacred to Apollo, the god for whom it was named Lyceum |
| #6622, aired 2013-06-04 | JANE AUSTEN IN POP CULTURE $800: 2 sisters go broke & move to East L.A. in the rhymingly titled fiim "From Prada to" this, based on "Sense & Sensibility" Nada |
| #6616, aired 2013-05-27 | IT'S SECRET, DON'T TELL ANYONE $1200: A March 31, 1920 L.A. Times headline said, this adorable actress "and Douglas Fairbanks Are Secretly Married" Mary Pickford |
| #6609, aired 2013-05-16 | CLASSIC TOYS $1600: The original name of this toy invented by Frenchman Andre Cassagnes was L'Ecran Magique, "magic screen" Etch A Sketch |
| #6606, aired 2013-05-13 | THE 2012 TEAM MVP $1000: Goalie "King Henrik" Lundqvist (& it's not the L.A. Kings!) the New York Rangers |
| #6602, aired 2013-05-07 | YOU SEE "L.A." $200: The largely Spanish-speaking lands of the Western Hemisphere south of the United States Latin America |
| #6602, aired 2013-05-07 | YOU SEE "L.A." $400: It causes loss of sensation only where a drug is applied local anesthetic (or anesthesia) |
| #6602, aired 2013-05-07 | YOU SEE "L.A." $600: A designer of a building's grounds & gardens a landscape architect |
| #6602, aired 2013-05-07 | YOU SEE "L.A." $800: "Fluid" part of a financial portfolio that can be turned into cash quickly liquid assets |
| #6602, aired 2013-05-07 | YOU SEE "L.A." $1000: Bearded canine sentinel of Tibet a Lhasa Apso |
| #6600, aired 2013-05-03 | CALIFORNIA $400: Erected in 1923, this L.A. landmark was originally an advertisement for a real estate development the Hollywood sign |
| #6599, aired 2013-05-02 | TV SUPPORTING CASTS $1000: Jimmy Smits as Victor Sifuentes; Diana Muldaur as Rosalind Shays, but she got the shaft L.A. Law |
| #6590, aired 2013-04-19 | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $800: (Hi, I'm Jane Curtin.) I loved "World's Fair", a 1985 autobiographical novel by this author whose initials stand for Edgar Lawrence (E.L.) Doctorow |
| #6583, aired 2013-04-10 | GIVING US THE TIME OF DAY $1200: An L.A. "strip" of a boulevard, or a term describing a law with a pre-set termination date Sunset |
| #6575, aired 2013-03-29 | A PERSON, PLACE & THING $400: An L.A. Laker,
a city in Japan,
a type of beef Kobe |
| #6568, aired 2013-03-20 | BOOK SERIES $1600: "Mission Earth" is a series by this man who wrote science fiction before founding a church L. Ron Hubbard |
| #6566, aired 2013-03-18 | PAN AM $400: In 1948 he quit his Pan Am pilot job & moved to L.A., where he used his aeronautical knowledge to create "Star Trek" (Gene) Roddenberry |
| #6560, aired 2013-03-08 | WORDS WITH A DOUBLE L $200: A one followed by 9 zeros a billion |
| #6560, aired 2013-03-08 | WORDS WITH A DOUBLE L $400: A drum as well as a bugle can sound this early morning wake-up signal "Reveille" |
| #6560, aired 2013-03-08 | WORDS WITH A DOUBLE L $600: Extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points & never converging or diverging parallel |
| #6560, aired 2013-03-08 | WORDS WITH A DOUBLE L $800: A geographical feature, such as the one "of Ten Thousand Smokes" in a volcanic area of Alaska valley |
| #6560, aired 2013-03-08 | WORDS WITH A DOUBLE L $1000: "God is love. Love is blind. Bob Smith is blind. Therefore Bob Smith is God" is a faulty this philosophic term syllogism |
| #6536, aired 2013-02-04 | L.A. TV $400: Sheldon & Leonard work at Caltech on this sitcom The Big Bang Theory |
| #6536, aired 2013-02-04 | L.A. TV $800: Chris O'Donnell & LL Cool J are very special agents on this drama NCIS: Los Angeles |
| #6536, aired 2013-02-04 | L.A. TV $1200: Zooey Deschanel plays an adorkable character on this L.A.-set Fox show New Girl |
| #6536, aired 2013-02-04 | L.A. TV $1600: This CW show starring Shenae Grimes is set in one of the ritziest parts of L.A. County 90210 |
| #6536, aired 2013-02-04 | L.A. TV $2000: Exteriors for Cameron & Mitchell's house on this comedy are shot in Century City Modern Family |
| #6530, aired 2013-01-25 | A HOUSE IN LONDON $400: Fitzroy House, a fine 1791 mansion in this style named for the kings of the time, is now devoted to L. Ron Hubbard Georgian |
| #6529, aired 2013-01-24 | "L" CAN EAT $400: In Lombardy this layered dish is a Christmastime specialty, with the sheets of pasta symbolizing Jesus' swaddling clothes lasagna |
| #6529, aired 2013-01-24 | "L" CAN EAT $600: To prepare this Thermidor style, mix the meat with a Béchamel sauce & spoon it back into the shells lobster |
| #6529, aired 2013-01-24 | "L" CAN EAT $800: Delicate sponge cake in the shape of a digit ladyfinger |
| #6512, aired 2013-01-01 | KINDLY CORRECT NIGEL'S SPELLING $600: I can't conceive why you believed you had licence to dissemble in such a fashion L-I-C-E-N-S-E |
| #6510, aired 2012-12-28 | I LOVE "L.A." $400: Literature, history & philosophy are included in this type of modern college curriculum the Liberal Arts |
| #6510, aired 2012-12-28 | I LOVE "L.A." $800: During strenuous exercise, the muscles produce this, C3H6O3; it's also abundant in sour milk lactic acid |
| #6510, aired 2012-12-28 | I LOVE "L.A." $1200: The motto of this New York society is "making the case for humanity" the Legal Aid Society |
| #6510, aired 2012-12-28 | I LOVE "L.A." $1600: The gibbon is this type of primate a lesser ape |
| #6510, aired 2012-12-28 | I LOVE "L.A." $2000: You might need this service in the emergency heard here
"I've fallen and I can't get up!" Life Alert |
| #6508, aired 2012-12-26 | SHIP SHAPE $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Nat'l Maritime Museum in Sydney, Australia.) The CLS4 Carpenteria was built in 1917 to be a floating one of these; a sunlight-operated valve on the unmanned ship turned on the acetylene beacon a lighthouse |
| #6503, aired 2012-12-19 | MR. OR MS. RODRIGUEZ $200: There were the Madonna rumors & that mirror-kissing, but how about his 3 A.L. MVPs & 600-plus homers? Alex Rodriguez |
| #6496, aired 2012-12-10 | "B-L-T" $200: Ernest Hemingway's "Death in the Afternoon" is a treatise on this Spanish spectacle a bullfight |
| #6496, aired 2012-12-10 | "B-L-T" $600: A decorative cylindrical pillow for a sofa or bed, or to improve something, like morale bolster |
| #6496, aired 2012-12-10 | "B-L-T" $800: This breed of dog originated in England in the 1800s a bull terrier |
| #6496, aired 2012-12-10 | "B-L-T" $1000: Delivered by an inhaler, albuterol is a quick-acting one of these 14-letter medications that open the airways a bronchodilator |
| #6493, aired 2012-12-05 | TO THE LIBRARY! $800: L.A.'s Central Library used some of the 7 million obsolete cards from this file to wallpaper the elevators the card catalog |
| #6492, aired 2012-12-04 | DOUBLE "L" WORDS $200: To plunder, or the loot that was plundered pillage |
| #6492, aired 2012-12-04 | DOUBLE "L" WORDS $400: It can be a husk or a ship part hull |
| #6492, aired 2012-12-04 | DOUBLE "L" WORDS $600: A song in "Chicago" says, "Mister" this material "shoulda been my name... 'cause you can look right through me" cellophane |
| #6492, aired 2012-12-04 | DOUBLE "L" WORDS $800: The name of this game comes from a French word for "cue" billiards |
| #6492, aired 2012-12-04 | DOUBLE "L" WORDS $1000: This adjective is used of land that is plowed but left unseeded for a season or more fallow |
| #6482, aired 2012-11-20 | DIFFERS BY A LETTER $200: With an "L", it's skiing in a zigzag course; with an "H", it's a Hebrew hello slalom/shalom |
| #6478, aired 2012-11-14 | 5 SHADES OF GR(E/A)Y $200: L. Patrick Gray III became interim FBI director after the 1972 death of this man but was forced to resign a year later J. Edgar Hoover |
| #6473, aired 2012-11-07 | WHO WROTE THESE KIDS' BOOKS? $600: "A Swiftly Tilting Planet" & "A Wind in the Door" Madeleine L'Engle |
| #6460, aired 2012-10-19 | A NOVEL CATEGORY $600: Inspired by "Twilight", E.L. James turned her fan fiction into a steamy trilogy that begins with this novel Fifty Shades of Grey |
| #6458, aired 2012-10-17 | L'HISTOIRE FRANÇAISE $400: In 1456, 25 years after her execution, the Pope declared this woman innocent; she'd later become an Orleans saint Joan of Arc |
| #6458, aired 2012-10-17 | L'HISTOIRE FRANÇAISE $800: The first stone of what would become this Paris prison was laid on April 22, 1370 the Bastille |
| #6458, aired 2012-10-17 | L'HISTOIRE FRANÇAISE $1200: In WWI this man, later president of France, spent 2 years & 8 months as a prisoner of war de Gaulle |
| #6442, aired 2012-09-25 | THE ADMIRALS CLUB $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows us a figurehead in the Sydney, Australia Nat'l Maritime Museum.) The figurehead of this famed admiral, who died off Cape Trafalgar & became an English national hero, comes from an 1814 British battleship Nelson |
| #6418, aired 2012-07-11 | WE LOVE "L.A." $400: In 1913 he was sent to the Colored Waifs Home in New Orleans, where he learned to play cornet Louis Armstrong |
| #6418, aired 2012-07-11 | WE LOVE "L.A." $800: On July 17, 1951 in Hollywood, the Ball dropped this actress, a Desilu production Lucie Arnaz |
| #6418, aired 2012-07-11 | WE LOVE "L.A." $1200: Known for girlswear, this London-based company traces its roots to patchwork quilts made in 1953 Laura Ashley |
| #6418, aired 2012-07-11 | WE LOVE "L.A." $1600: From 1978 to 1982 this actress was livin' on the air in Cincinnati... Cincinnati, WKRP Loni Anderson |
| #6418, aired 2012-07-11 | WE LOVE "L.A." $2000: This seventh-generation Tennessean now represents the state in the Senate Lamar Alexander |
| #6405, aired 2012-06-22 | RED, RED WINE $1600: These grapes add body and softness to blended reds; I like them a "lot" merlot |
| #6401, aired 2012-06-18 | A "LA" CARTE $1200: Stick around after visiting the L.A. County Museum of Art & you can see this gooey attraction right next door the La Brea Tar Pits |
| #6397, aired 2012-06-12 | ABBREVIATIONS AFTER YOUR NAME $800: L.P.N.-- he or she is "licensed " a Licensed Practical Nurse |
| #6392, aired 2012-06-05 | MEDICAL HISTORY $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows us an iron lung at the Int'l Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago.) The iron lung was used when normal breathing was impossible due to lack of muscle control; it was once a standard treatment for this disease that was tamed by vaccines in the 1950s polio |
| #6392, aired 2012-06-05 | MEDICAL HISTORY $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew holds a medical device at the Int'l Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago.) French surgeon Alexis Carrel invented the perfusion pump, an early type of artificial heart, with the help of this American aviator, who was a mechanic from earliest boyhood (Charles) Lindbergh |
| #6389, aired 2012-05-31 | THE GILDED AGED $800: 89-year-old Liliane Bettencourt's $23.5 billion springs from this hair-color company, because she's worth it L'Oreal |
| #6385, aired 2012-05-25 | SPELLING WITH THE STARS $600: The Kinks met this title gal at a club down in old Soho L-O-L-A |
| #6385, aired 2012-05-25 | SPELLING WITH THE STARS $800: The Doors & Patti Smith have both recorded the Van Morrison song shouting this gal's name G-L-O-R-I-A |
| #6362, aired 2012-04-24 | "L" ON EARTH $1200: This lake in central Switzerland has a maximum depth of 702 feet Lake Lucerne |
| #6349, aired 2012-04-05 | DREAM-Y SONGS $800: This hit by The Mamas & the Papas includes the line "I'd be safe and warm if I was in L.A." "California Dreamin'" |
| #6347, aired 2012-04-03 | GOOD NEWS $2,000 (Daily Double): In the late 1700s Charles de l'Epee began the 1st public school for these people in Paris & created a language for them the hearing-impaired (the deaf) |
| #6338, aired 2012-03-21 | DOUBLE "L" $1200: It's another name for a tadpole a polliwog |
| #6333, aired 2012-03-14 | NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNERS $1200: She won in the children's paperback category for "A Swiftly Tilting Planet" Madeleine L'Engle |
| #6329, aired 2012-03-08 | GREAT ART $1200: As a young man, this Dutch painter signed his works "Rh"; he later added an "L" for Leiden, his place of birth Rembrandt |
| #6329, aired 2012-03-08 | I'M FEELING DIS-ORIENTED $1600: I quite enjoyed my 38-day jaunt from Singapore to L.A. aboard this cruise line's ship MS Amsterdam Holland America |
| #6329, aired 2012-03-08 | MAY-DECEMBER MOVIES $1600: The "story" of this film has Steve Martin romancing Sarah Jessica Parker as a California girl named SanDeE* L.A. Story |
| #6327, aired 2012-03-06 | SWEET LI'L FILMS $400: 4 years before "Field of Dreams", he gave a memorable performance as Gardner Barnes in "Fandango" Kevin Costner |
| #6327, aired 2012-03-06 | SWEET LI'L FILMS $1200: Paul Giamatti wrestles with life affer taking a teen grappler into his home in this double-talk 2011 film Win Win |
| #6327, aired 2012-03-06 | SWEET LI'L FILMS $1600: Dennis Christopher takes on the Italian bicycle team in this 1979 sleeper that won a best screenplay Oscar Breaking Away |
| #6327, aired 2012-03-06 | SWEET LI'L FILMS $2000: "The Hammer" is a knockout film with this ex-"Loveline" & "Man Show" host Adam Carolla |
| #6326, aired 2012-03-05 | ESSAYS $1200: H.L. Mencken wrote a notorious essay on the "unbroken and agonizing ugliness" of this state's steel towns Pennsylvania |
| #6323, aired 2012-02-29 | SCIENCE "L"AB $600: Whether spelled with an "er" or an "re", it refers to a mineral's ability to reflect light luster/lustre |
| #6323, aired 2012-02-29 | SCIENCE "L"AB $1000: 2-word time frame for a craft to get spaceborne so it can achieve a desired orbit launch window |
| #6317, aired 2012-02-21 | THE ALL-STAR GAME MVP $200: In 2011 this L.A. Laker took the award for a record-tying 4th time Kobe Bryant |
| #6316, aired 2012-02-20 | 13-LETTER WORDS $400: A follower of L. Ron Hubbard scientologist |
| #6309, aired 2012-02-09 | THE ANIMAL KINGDOM $200: L.A. pet owners know that these creatures have moved into urban areas, like our canyons coyotes |
| #6309, aired 2012-02-09 | THEATER $2000: A play starring Samuel L. Jackson takes its title from a line in Martin Luther King's last speech, "I've been to" this summit the mountaintop |
| #6308, aired 2012-02-08 | BUZZ BANDS $200: Bethany Cosentino fronts the L.A. band called not "West" but "Best" this--in your face, Eastern Seaboard! Coast |
| #6304, aired 2012-02-02 | SENIORITIS $2000: Let's take a road trip to Freeport, Maine to see the flagship store of this outdoorsy retailer, on Main Street since 1912 L.L. Bean |
| #6303, aired 2012-02-01 | CHILDREN'S BOOKS $1,000 (Daily Double): Rejected by 26 publishers, this beloved classic by Madeleine L'Engle is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2012 A Wrinkle in Time |
| #6300, aired 2012-01-27 | LAST IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE $1200: A last-place 2006 N.L. Central finish insured a 98th straight year without a World Series title for this team the Chicago Cubs |
| #6295, aired 2012-01-20 | SPELLING IT OUT IN ROMAN NUMERALS $800: Now you're in a pickle with 501, 50 & 50 D-I-L-L |
| #6295, aired 2012-01-20 | SPELLING IT OUT IN ROMAN NUMERALS $2000: The letters for 1,001 followed by 50 give you this word, a unit of length equal to .001 inches M-I-L (a mil accepted) |
| #6294, aired 2012-01-19 | FOREIGN $400: In French, l'oiseau is this; it sports les plumes a bird |
| #6293, aired 2012-01-18 | BARTLETT'S PAIRS $400: Ernest L. Thayer is represented by a pair of quotations, both from this baseball poem "Casey at the Bat" |
| #6289, aired 2012-01-12 | SPELL IT: -ABLE OR -IBLE? $200: This adjective can describe a bachelor worthy of marriage or an NFL receiver who's allowed to catch a forward pass E-L-I-G-I-B-L-E |
| #6289, aired 2012-01-12 | SPELL IT: -ABLE OR -IBLE? $400: From the Latin for "bend", it means capable of being bent repeatedly without damage P-L-I-A-B-L-E |
| #6289, aired 2012-01-12 | SPELL IT: -ABLE OR -IBLE? $600: Easily carried, such as a small TV or software that can run on multiple computers with the same operating system P-O-R-T-A-B-L-E |
| #6289, aired 2012-01-12 | SPELL IT: -ABLE OR -IBLE? $1000: Unbearable, such as the "Acts" passed by the British parliament in 1774 I-N-T-O-L-E-R-A-B-L-E |
| #6288, aired 2012-01-11 | CELEBRITIES' MIDDLE NAMES $200: The L. in Samuel L. Jackson stands for this, like a certain bad, bad Mr. Brown of song Leroy |
| #6285, aired 2012-01-06 | WRITE NOW! $2,500 (Daily Double): For a magazine story, this author of westerns once did his day's writing on a traffic island on Sunset Blvd. Louis L'Amour |
| #6283, aired 2012-01-04 | COLLECTIONS $2000: This editor of Famous Monsters of Filmland turned his L.A. mansion into a museum of sci-fi memorabilia Forrest Ackerman |
| #6282, aired 2012-01-03 | LAND O' LAKERS $400: L.A.'s city fathers renamed Weyse Avenue this street; "Hollywood & Weyse" just didn't cling Vine |
| #6282, aired 2012-01-03 | LAND O' LAKERS $600: This L.A. arena, home to the Lakers & the site of 9 Grammy Awards, is named for an office-supply company the Staples Center |
| #6282, aired 2012-01-03 | LAND O' LAKERS $1000: Simon Rodia built the folk art towers named for this South L.A. community between 1921 & 1954 Watts |
| #6281, aired 2012-01-02 | THE SUPER BOWL'S TOP RUSHER $400: Super Bowl XVIII:
Marcus Allen, with 191 yards for this L.A. team the Raiders |
| #6275, aired 2011-12-23 | GOING THE DISTANCE $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a globe on the monitor.) On a two-dimensional map, a straight line appears to be the shortest distance between L.A. & London; on the globe, the actual shortest distance between them would be part of one of these big, 2-word geometric units great circles |
| #6274, aired 2011-12-22 | PARDON MY FRENCH $800: This tennis term may come from the French l'oeuf, meaning "egg", like a goose egg love |
| #6272, aired 2011-12-20 | PROJECT RUNAWAY $1000: L.A. spent about $600 million to turn the Ambassador Hotel into a K-12 school complex named for this late politician Robert F. Kennedy |
| #6268, aired 2011-12-14 | THE NATO PHONETIC ALPHABET $2000: L:
A New World capital city Lima |
| #6257, aired 2011-11-29 | THE WRECKING CREW $200: The Wrecking Crew were L.A. studio musicians who played on dozens of hits, including this band's "Good Vibrations" The Beach Boys |
| #6257, aired 2011-11-29 | STADIUM FOOD $600: While Boston has the Fenway Frank, L.A.'s National League baseball team has this alliterative equivalent a Dodger Dog |
| #6251, aired 2011-11-21 | THE THEAT-"R" $1200: This Terrence McNally musical is based on a novel by E.L. Doctorow Ragtime |
| #6250, aired 2011-11-18 | SEEING A BIT OF AMERICA $200: We're off to thank the Academy at the Kodak Theatre in this part of L.A. Hollywood |
| #6242, aired 2011-11-08 | TAKE A DRIVE ON I-65 $200: Well, it winds from I-N-D to A-L-A / Ending at this city that has its own bay Mobile |
| #6229, aired 2011-10-20 | SPORTS & CIVIL RIGHTS $200: 8 years after Jackie Robinson broke in with the Dodgers, Elston Howard became the first black player on this A.L. rival the (New York) Yankees |
| #6228, aired 2011-10-19 | PLUMBING $200: If the plumber says this is rusted, it's not his arm joint, it's a fitting to make an L-shaped pipe an elbow |
| #6218, aired 2011-10-05 | THE "N-H-L" $400: Keats' ode to this bird begins, "My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains my sense" nightingale |
| #6218, aired 2011-10-05 | SPORTS VENUES $800: It's hosted 2 Olympic Games, 2 Super Bowls & one World Series; it's also home to the USC Trojans the (L.A.) Coliseum |
| #6218, aired 2011-10-05 | THE "N-H-L" $1200: It's an 11-letter synonym for "hell" a netherworld |
| #6218, aired 2011-10-05 | THE "N-H-L" $2000: This soft white cheese with a French name is similar to cream cheese Neufchâtel |
| #6210, aired 2011-09-23 | DESCRIBING THE OSCAR-WINNING FILM $2000: A Ludacris carjacking; L.A. stories; Matt Dillon is an officer, not a marshal Crash |
| #6203, aired 2011-07-27 | ABBREVIATED NO. 1 HITS $200: Whitney Houston,
1992:
"I.W.A.L.Y." "I Will Always Love You" |
| #6203, aired 2011-07-27 | ABBREVIATED NO. 1 HITS $1000: The Beatles,
1970:
"T.L.A.W.R." "The Long And Winding Road" |
| #6197, aired 2011-07-19 | FRANKS $800: If you see a "K" in a triangle on your hot dog pack, it's been certified as this-- l'chaim! kosher |
| #6188, aired 2011-07-06 | SPELL IT! $800: Spell this word for the young of a goose that's also the surname of an actor named Ryan G-O-S-L-I-N-G |
| #6185, aired 2011-07-01 | CHILDREN'S LIT CHARACTERS $600: In this Madeleine L'Engle story, Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who & Mrs. Which help Meg travel through space & save her father A Wrinkle in Time |
| #6182, aired 2011-06-28 | OUT OF JAIL $1000: This former professor & L.S.D. advocate escaped from a California jail in September of 1970 & lived on the run for years (Timothy) Leary |
| #6182, aired 2011-06-28 | MOVIES BY INITIALS $2000: 2005, Edward R. Murrow versus Joe McCarthy: "G.N.A.G.L." Good Night and Good Luck |
| #6175, aired 2011-06-17 | ANIMA"L"S $800: Hopefully you can be as happy as one of these high-fliers a lark |
| #6172, aired 2011-06-14 | GREAT LAKES $800: Alan Ladd's frequent co-star, she was also a pilot; she once flew solo from L.A. to New York Veronica Lake |
| #6167, aired 2011-06-07 | TV LAW FIRMS $2000: Harry Hamlin played one of the named partners of the firm McKenize, Brackman, Chaney & Kuzak on this glitzy drama L.A. Law |
| #6161, aired 2011-05-30 | FILL IN THE SONG TITLE $1000: The Fray: "H.T.S.A.L." "How To Save A Life" |
| #6135, aired 2011-04-22 | THEY'RE ON CABLE $400: He plays novelist Hank Moody, a New Yorker transplanted to L.A., on "Californication" David Duchovny |
| #6131, aired 2011-04-18 | CALIFORNIA GOVERNORS $2000: In 1982 George Deukmejian beat this L.A. mayor to win the office Tom Bradley |
| #6130, aired 2011-04-15 | THE "L" YOU SAY $1600: This French city, the capital of Sarthe Department, is home to a Grand Prix race Le Mans |
| #6122, aired 2011-04-05 | LEGAL ABBREV. $1000: The amount of time you have to file a lawsuit is determined by an S.O.L., one of these a statute of limitations |
| #6109, aired 2011-03-17 | OR THE HIGHWAY $800: U.S. 66 runs from Chicago to L.A.; this devilishly numbered route runs from Monticello, Utah to Douglas, Arizona Route 666 |
| #6104, aired 2011-03-10 | NEW ENGLANDERS $800: A wing at the Maine Medical Center bears the name of this Freeport retailer & outdoorsman L.L. Bean |
| #6099, aired 2011-03-03 | WHAT'S IN YOUR WALLET? $1200: A ticket stub from a concert at this outdoor venue, the summer home of the L.A. Philharmonic the Hollywood Bowl |
| #6096, aired 2011-02-28 | A SHORT SPELL $400: A section of ice, flatter than a berg, that breaks off from a pack
(4 letters) F-L-O-E |
| #6096, aired 2011-02-28 | A SHORT SPELL $1000: You turn wood to shape it on this machine
(5 letters) L-A-T-H-E |
| #6082, aired 2011-02-08 | MUSICAL TITLE LETTER DROP $2000: Drop an "L" from a Rodgers & Hammerstein roundabout & you get to do this, drunkenly revel Carouse |
| #6075, aired 2011-01-28 | SO SAYETH THE TALK SHOW HOST $200: This "Late Show" guy: "Fall is my favorite season in L.A., watching the birds change color & fall from the trees" David Letterman |
| #6072, aired 2011-01-25 | DEATH BY... $1200: An overdose of barbiturates, August 5, 1962, at her L.A. home Marilyn Monroe |
| #6071, aired 2011-01-24 | SAG AWARD FOR MOVIE CAST $2000: 2005:
A multi-arc L.A. collision Crash |
| #6069, aired 2011-01-20 | DESCRIBING THE FILM $800: 1988: A cop comes to L.A. for Christmas, goes to his wife's holiday party, kills a lot of party crashers Die Hard |
| #6065, aired 2011-01-14 | SILENT "L" $800: A familiar one of these begins, "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want" a psalm |
| #6065, aired 2011-01-14 | SILENT "L" $1200: It can mean the main axis of a plant, or to pursue prey, human or otherwise stalk |
| #6065, aired 2011-01-14 | SILENT "L" $2000: This 5-letter word for a soothing medicinal ointment comes from the Sanskrit for "melted butter" salve |
| #6059, aired 2011-01-06 | ART "T" $1600: Still life painter William Harnett was a practitioner of this type of illusionism, French for "deceive the eye" trompe l'oeil |
| #6053, aired 2010-12-29 | TV CHARACTERS $800: This "Mary Tyler Moore Show" anchorman was said to be based on 2 L.A. anchors: George Putnam & Jerry Dunphy Ted Baxter |
| #6049, aired 2010-12-23 | GET "L"IT $1600: Tessie Hutchinson is the unfortunate "winner" in this 1948 short story about a deadly village ritual The Lottery |
| #6031, aired 2010-11-29 | CELEBRITY MATCHES $800: On Sept. 27, 2009 Babyface played the wedding of L.A. Laker Lamar Odom & Khloe, a member of this "reality" family the Kardashians |
| #6026, aired 2010-11-22 | YANKEES, NO! $1600: In 2004 this team came back from a 3-games-to-0 deficit & beat the Yanks for the A.L. pennant; revenge gets no sweeter the Boston Red Sox |
| #6026, aired 2010-11-22 | YANKEES, NO! $2000: This ace L.A. lefty dominated the Yanks in the 1963 World Series, striking out 23 & beating them twice in a 4-game sweep Sandy Koufax |
| #6019, aired 2010-11-11 | COLLEGE RADIO $400: You can talk Bears or Black Hawks on "The A.L.L. Sports Hour" on WHPK, from the University of this town Chicago |
| #6013, aired 2010-11-03 | SCI FI MOVIE SUMMARIES $1200: 1982: It's rainy all day in future L.A. as a cop looks for murderers & doubts his girl's humanity Blade Runner |
| #6012, aired 2010-11-02 | ON THE "L-I-E" $400: A sergeant may be promoted to one lieutenant |
| #6012, aired 2010-11-02 | ON THE "L-I-E" $800: Put to use in a practical context, like a branch of physics applied |
| #6004, aired 2010-10-21 | FROM THE FRENCH $2000: Spelled with an E after the L, it means "to complete"; with an I, "to praise"; both are from the French complement or compliment |
| #5990, aired 2010-10-01 | NFL RECORDS $400: Appropriately, it's the record number of safeties by a player in one game; L.A.'s Fred Dryer ate up Green Bay on Oct. 21, 1973 2 |
| #5986, aired 2010-09-27 | THE NP FOR L $2000: In 1913:
R.T., born in India; that first name's a doozie Rabindranath Tagore |
| #5985, aired 2010-09-24 | "L"EGALESE $400: These 2 4-letter words often precede "and testament" in the name of a legal document last will |
| #5985, aired 2010-09-24 | "L"EGALESE $800: If you want to go to Harvard Law, better ace this 4-letter test used as a criterion for admission the LSAT |
| #5985, aired 2010-09-24 | "L"EGALESE $1000: A claim upon property to secure payment of a debt a lien |
| #5981, aired 2010-09-20 | MOVIE CITIES $400: Of course there's a car chase on the freeway in 1985's "To Live and Die in __.__." L.A. |
| #5980, aired 2010-09-17 | SEPTEMBER'S HERE ALREADY $800: I'm 2 weeks late with my 73rd birthday gift for this L.A. Olympics organizer & ex-baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth |
| #5978, aired 2010-09-15 | "L" 8-LETTER WORDS $800: There once was a clue in our place/ about this type of poem, not mace/ short & quick/ a niffy old trick/ but then we ran out of a limerick |
| #5978, aired 2010-09-15 | "L" 8-LETTER WORDS $1200: One honored for achieving distinction in a certain field; poet is one type laureate |
| #5978, aired 2010-09-15 | "L" 8-LETTER WORDS $1600: The this & Lymphoma Society is a charity fighting blood cancers Leukemia |
| #5978, aired 2010-09-15 | "L" 8-LETTER WORDS $2000: To contest in court or to carry on a lawsuit litigate |
| #5975, aired 2010-07-30 | YOU ARE THE JUAN $1600: Around 1542 explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo discovered this island off L.A. & it's believed he's buried there too Catalina (Island) |
| #5972, aired 2010-07-27 | COLLEGE TOWNS $400: California Institute of Technology (no, not L.A.) Pasadena |
| #5970, aired 2010-07-23 | GET THE L OUT $400: ...of a word for a snow particle to get a word meaning "forgery" flake & fake |
| #5970, aired 2010-07-23 | GET THE L OUT $800: ...of a word for something that's put on a donut to get a word meaning to stare at glaze & gaze |
| #5970, aired 2010-07-23 | GET THE L OUT $1200: ...of a word for a dish to get an old-fashioned word for "head" plate & pate |
| #5970, aired 2010-07-23 | GET THE L OUT $4,000 (Daily Double): ...of a word meaning to quench a thirst to get a Japanese potent potable slake & sake |
| #5969, aired 2010-07-22 | CITY SONGS $600: Sinatra:
This city "is my lady, she's always there for me" L.A. |
| #5969, aired 2010-07-22 | I COULDA HAD A G8 $1000: In 2009 the G8 countries met in L'Aquila in this country Italy |
| #5968, aired 2010-07-21 | "SOUTHERN" COMFORT $400: This school's football team plays home games at the L.A. coliseum the University of Southern California |
| #5966, aired 2010-07-19 | MEGA-EVENTS $800: 62,000 crowded L.A.'s Memorial Coliseum on January 15, 1967 for the first of these Super Bowl |
| #5965, aired 2010-07-16 | A MAJOR IN HISTORY $200: Hired to design this area in 1791, Major Pierre L'Enfant turned into a major pain & was fired a year later Washington, D.C. (the District of Columbia) |
| #5962, aired 2010-07-13 | BLOOM COUNTY $400: Here in L.A. County this flower is always in bloom in Pasadena around Jan. 1; there's even a big parade in its honor a rose |
| #5961, aired 2010-07-12 | 1920s LIT $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1920 he published "Glinda of Oz", a story about the impending war between the Flatheads & the Skeeters L. Frank Baum |
| #5960, aired 2010-07-09 | LITERARY MONSTERS $400: Title monsters in this skin-crawling R.L. Stine series include a mummy, a scarecrow & a snowman Goosebumps |
| #5952, aired 2010-06-29 | "Z" IS FOR... $1200: This getup popular in the '40s that lent its name to a wartime L.A. riot zoot suit |
| #5950, aired 2010-06-25 | SUPER $2000: A scene at the end of "Iron Man" finds Samuel L. Jackson as this one-eyed S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury |
| #5948, aired 2010-06-23 | UNIQUE WORLD ARCHITECTURE $2000: Opened in 2004, the $300-million Stata Center at M.I.T. was designed by this L.A.-based architect (Frank) Gehry |
| #5926, aired 2010-05-24 | ALPHABETICALLY LAST $400: ...of animals on exhibit at the L.A. Zoo a zebra |
| #5923, aired 2010-05-19 | CLUES TO SECRET IDENTITIES $800: Spider-Man:
Follows "valet" in a job outside L.A. restaurants Parker |
| #5918, aired 2010-05-12 | 5 CLUES FOR A BUCK $2000: An "L" on your bill denotes this city, the Federal Reserve bank that's the farthest west San Francisco |
| #5917, aired 2010-05-11 | FLOWERY PROSE $800: It's James Ellroy's crime novel about a real unsolved 1947 L.A. murder case The Black Dahlia |
| #5914, aired 2010-05-06 | BEGINS & ENDS WITH "O" $1000: L.A. restaurant Locanda Veneta serves this veal dish con risotto osso bucco |
| #5892, aired 2010-04-06 | 7-"L"ETTER WORDS $200: To mock or ridicule; there's a "National" & a "Harvard" one lampoon |
| #5892, aired 2010-04-06 | 7-"L"ETTER WORDS $1000: From the Latin for "to read", it's a reading desk with a slanted top in a church lectern |
| #5879, aired 2010-03-18 | ART & ARTISTS $400: Marcel Duchamp's "L.H.O.O.Q." put a mustache & goatee on a postcard reproduction of this masterpiece the Mona Lisa |
| #5871, aired 2010-03-08 | WEST SIDE STORY $1600: This Bret Easton Ellis novel set on L.A.'s West Side has as an epigraph "There's a feeling I get when I look to the west" Less Than Zero |
| #5868, aired 2010-03-03 | GEMS & JEWELRY $1,000 (Daily Double): L. Frank Baum had this birthstone, the same as the name of a city he created the emerald |
| #5863, aired 2010-02-24 | "L.L.", SEE $200: Different from a wireless, this is a term for a phone with physical connection between 2 devices a landline |
| #5863, aired 2010-02-24 | "L.L.", SEE $800: Edward Craven Walker created this device that undulates as light heats it a lava lamp |
| #5857, aired 2010-02-16 | BOOK OF... $800: E.L. Doctorow wrote a novel titled "The Book of" him, like a biblical book set in Babylon Daniel |
| #5853, aired 2010-02-10 | COMPLETES THE FAMOUS PHR-- $1600: "That's one small step for a man, one giant l--" leap for mankind |
| #5852, aired 2010-02-09 | DO IT YOURSELF $200: In 1947, Frank Ulrich pumped up L.A. drivers with the first successful self-serve this gas station |
| #5851, aired 2010-02-08 | ON HIS BASEBALL HALL OF FAME PLAQUE $400: "Detroit - Philadelphia, A.L. - 1905-1926... retired with 4191 major league hits" (Ty) Cobb |
| #5851, aired 2010-02-08 | THE BIG 10 $600: In L.A., the western tip of Interstate 10 is called this "freeway", after the beach community it passes through Santa Monica |
| #5851, aired 2010-02-08 | ON HIS BASEBALL HALL OF FAME PLAQUE $1000: "Boston Red Sox A.L. 1939-1960... batted .406 in 1941" Ted Williams |
| #5839, aired 2010-01-21 | ARTS NEWS 2009 $800: "Mucho Gustavo", said L.A. music lovers as 28-year-old conductor Gustavo Dudamel took over this orchestra the L.A. Philharmonic |
| #5834, aired 2010-01-14 | L-M-N $200: Proverbially, it's what you make when life gives you a fruit of the family Rutaceae lemonade |
| #5834, aired 2010-01-14 | L-M-N $400: A local cop,
J. Edgar Hoover,
Wyatt Earp et al. lawmen |
| #5830, aired 2010-01-08 | OH, THE BAND IS OUT ON THE FIELD! $1000: In October 1982 this "Should I Stay Or Should I Go" band supported The Who at L.A.'s Coliseum The Clash |
| #5828, aired 2010-01-06 | YOU'VE BEEN TRADED $600: In 1988 the Oilers sent this "Great One" (& 2 others) to the L.A. Kings, getting 2 players, 3 picks & $15 mil. in return Wayne Gretzky |
| #5821, aired 2009-12-28 | I'M SORRY DAVE $200: Soccer fan Marc Anthony sent an apology to this L.A. Galaxy midfielder after missing his first game David Beckham |
| #5816, aired 2009-12-21 | ELTON JOHN: FIRST LINES $800: "Blue jean baby, L.A. lady, seamstress for the band" "Tiny Dancer" |
| #5815, aired 2009-12-18 | JUST SAY NO $1600: In Hollywood, this 5-letter word of possibility (per the L.A. Times) maybe |
| #5814, aired 2009-12-17 | STABLER $1200: If you live in L.A. you know this word is used for reinforcing an existing building so it's stabler for the next quake retrofit |
| #5812, aired 2009-12-15 | FILL IN THE PLAY TITLE $1000: John Osborne's
"L.B.I.A." Look Back in Anger |
| #5810, aired 2009-12-11 | MICHIGAN MUSICIAN MISHMASH $800: In 1971 Detroit native Glenn Frey formed this band in L.A. with Don Henley; pretty good career move, Glenn The Eagles |
| #5810, aired 2009-12-11 | MMM, STEAK $1600: Taylor's Steakhouse in L.A. serves a boneless version of this choice cut also known as a Spencer steak rib eye |
| #5810, aired 2009-12-11 | MICHIGAN MUSICIAN MISHMASH $1600: Anthony Kiedis was born in Grand Rapids, but got a Flea infestation in L.A. in 1983 & formed this band The Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| #5809, aired 2009-12-10 | PITCHING THE PERFECT GAME $400: On May 5, 1904 he pitched the first perfect game in A.L. history; no wonder that big pitching award is named for him Cy Young |
| #5805, aired 2009-12-04 | NONFICTION $4,000 (Daily Double): Thomas L. Friedman explains "Why We Need a Green Revolution" in "Hot, Flat, and" this Crowded |
| #5799, aired 2009-11-26 | ANIMAL FARM $200: The L.A. Times says the Norwegian variety of this animal came to Los Angeles via rail, the black variety via ship a rat |
| #5799, aired 2009-11-26 | THERE'S A TITLE IN THE TITLE $1600: Stephen L. Carter's novel "The ____ of Ocean Park" Emperor |
| #5798, aired 2009-11-25 | MMM... BACON $400: Our head writer once received a BLT that was missing the B, bacon, leaving only the L & T, these 2 items lettuce & tomato |
| #5797, aired 2009-11-24 | BUSINESS BUDDIES $1000: A crossword puzzle book started it all for Richard L. Simon & this publishing partner Schuster |
| #5795, aired 2009-11-20 | I LOVE L.A. KERS $400: Kobe called it "idiotic criticism" that he hadn't (until 2009) won an NBA title without this teammate Shaquille O'Neal |
| #5795, aired 2009-11-20 | I LOVE L.A. KERS $800: A wizard at passing the ball, this Laker is the NBA's all-time leader in assists per game Magic Johnson |
| #5795, aired 2009-11-20 | I LOVE L.A. KERS $1200: This Laker giant was nicknamed "The Big Dipper" for his habit of dipping his head to fit through doorways Wilt Chamberlain |
| #5795, aired 2009-11-20 | I LOVE L.A. KERS $1600: This Hall-of-Fame guard & former Lakers GM is said to be the model for the player depicted in the NBA's logo Jerry West |
| #5795, aired 2009-11-20 | I LOVE L.A. KERS $2000: This flashy Lakers forward was nicknamed "Big Game" for his clutch playoff performances James Worthy |
| #5794, aired 2009-11-19 | PEOPLE STAR TRACKS $200: "While Angie and the kids hung in L.A.", he was promoting "Inglourious Basterds" in Germany Brad Pitt |
| #5794, aired 2009-11-19 | PEOPLE STAR TRACKS $1000: "Mr. Smooth" was in L.A. on July 20, 2009 "as his alter ego, 1960s ad exec Don Draper, on the set of 'Mad Men'" Jon Hamm |
| #5791, aired 2009-11-16 | HEART-FELT WORDS $1,000 (Daily Double): As an adjective, this word means "friendly"; as a noun, it's a strong drink cordial |
| #5789, aired 2009-11-12 | SPELLING $400: There are Gregorian & Julian versions of this chart C-A-L-E-N-D-A-R |
| #5789, aired 2009-11-12 | QUIZ BOWL $800: In one July week in 2009, this L.A. open-air venue presented Incubus & "Bravo Beethoven" the Hollywood Bowl |
| #5787, aired 2009-11-10 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $800: In 2009 she headed out of "The Hills" & published her first novel, "L.A. Candy" Lauren Conrad |
| #5786, aired 2009-11-09 | SPORTS TEAM BY STARS $400: Landon Donovan &
David Beckham the L.A. Galaxy |
| #5785, aired 2009-11-06 | FAMOUS LATINOS & LATINAS $1200: The mayor of L.A. was born Antonio Villar, but lengthened his name when hs married a woman named this Raigosa |
| #5783, aired 2009-11-04 | TEEN LIT $600: In 2009 this 1962 classic by Madeleine L'Engle was still in Barnes & Noble's Top 20 list of teen bestsellers A Wrinkle in Time |
| #5782, aired 2009-11-03 | YOUNG MR. PRESIDENT $200: Before Columbia & Harvard, he attended Honolulu's Punahou School & L.A.'s Occidental College Obama |
| #5772, aired 2009-10-20 | APPAREL "L" $600: Bill Nye's frequent garb, size 38 tall a lab coat (a laboratory jacket accepted) |
| #5772, aired 2009-10-20 | APPAREL "L" $1000: These weren't just for a lord of the jungle; in Ancient Egypt, Amenhotep's chief architect was buried with 50 loincloths |
| #5769, aired 2009-10-15 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $2000: A.L.S., the most common form of motor neuron disease, is also named for him Lou Gehrig |
| #5759, aired 2009-10-01 | WHAT, ME HURRY? $1000: It's only 6:45 P.M. here in L.A.; I still have this many minutes to call my pal in Montreal before his 11 P.M. bedtime 75 |
| #5758, aired 2009-09-30 | YOU CAN SAIL THE 7 SEAS $7,500 (Daily Double): "Abel"-bodied sailors navigate this Down Under sea that has a max depth of about 17,000 feet the Tasman Sea |
| #5752, aired 2009-09-22 | SCOTT JOPLIN $1600: This novelist chose a quote from Scott Joplin to use as the opening for a 1975 bestseller E.L. Doctorow |
| #5742, aired 2009-07-21 | CONTRACT KILLINGS $600: The actress voicing Maude, wife of this "Simpsons" guy, asked for weekly flights from L.A. to home--Bye-diddily-eye! Ned Flanders |
| #5738, aired 2009-07-15 | HISTORY CLASS $400: A kid called L'Aiglon got the title "King of Rome" when he was born because his dad was this Bonaparte Napoléon |
| #5738, aired 2009-07-15 | HIDE & SEEK $800: I'm hiding in the crowd around my star on the Walk of Fame, so seek me on this L.A. street Hollywood Boulevard |
| #5734, aired 2009-07-09 | QUOTES ABOUT SPORTS TEAMS? $400: Shakespeare:
"Good night sweet prince, and flights of ____ sing thee to thy rest" angels |
| #5734, aired 2009-07-09 | CITY SPELLING $800: The Rio Grande runs through this largest New Mexico City A-L-B-U-Q-U-E-R-Q-U-E |
| #5729, aired 2009-07-02 | MEDICAL PREFIXES & SUFFIXES $200: Following lump- & tonsil(l)-, it denotes a surgical removal -ectomy |
| #5726, aired 2009-06-29 | SHAKESPEARE WITH A TWIST $800: "OthE.L.O." was an "Othello" spoof featuring the music of this '70s band (the E.L.O. in the title) Electric Light Orchestra |
| #5715, aired 2009-06-12 | THE MIRACLE OF VINEGAR $3,000 (Daily Double): We almost forgot, it's useful in cooking--try this aged type made from grapes in Modena balsamic |
| #5714, aired 2009-06-11 | ENERGY FROM EVERYWHERE $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew wears a hat and holds a small spinning propeller at the RISO Nat'l Lab for Sustainable Energy in Denmark.) Using polymers, RISO created an electricity-generating hat powered by this type of readily available energy solar |
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Alan Rachins, an actor from L.A. Law
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"An Emmy nominee for the role of Douglas Brackman on L.A....
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David Hudson, a junior from the University of Virginia
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"His musical taste has changed since he won $10,000 on Kids...
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Andrew Ceppos, a senior from Tufts University
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2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Verona, New...
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Thomas L. Friedman, an author and foreign affairs columnist from The New York Times
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"He has won three Pulitzer Prizes and authored six best sellers,...
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Cheech Marin, an actor, comedian, director, writer and musician from Lost
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"He's played a cop on Nash Bridges, voiced a 1959 Chevy...
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Gary Bechtold, a garage door company owner from St. Cloud, Minnesota
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Season 26 3-time champion: $42,001 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Yoni Freund, a Ph.D. student from Columbia University
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"He has always wanted to be a writer, and now that...
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Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., a congressman from the U.S. House of Representatives
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"And he led a voter registration drive for the national Rainbow...
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Zach Safford, a senior from Williams College
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"His early interest in cryptozoology has been replaced by a history...
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Jordan Brand, an anesthesiologist from Westchester, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $24,405 + $2,000. The Sesame Street character...
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Patrick Tucker, a senior from the University of Notre Dame
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2009 College Championship winner: $100,000...
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Laura Myers, a senior from the University of Missouri
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2009 College Championship second runner-up: $29,900. 22 and from Richmond, Virginia...
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Lindsay Eanet, a senior from the University of Missouri
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2010-A College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Deerfield, Illinois. Last name pronounced...
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Ryan Stoffers, a sophomore from UCLA
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2010-A College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Hometown: Saratoga, California. Ryan Stoffers...
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Becky Anderson, a retired software specialist originally from Morganton, North Carolina
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Season 25 1-time champion: $16,401 + $2,000. Becky Anderson - A...
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Matt Jacobs, a science teacher originally from Stratford, Connecticut
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Season 25 1-time champion: $10,323 + $1,000. Matt resided in Silver...
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Melanie Bruchet, a senior from Bryn Mawr
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"Everyone wants to be an astronaut when they're a kid, but...
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Bob Harris, a writer from Los Angeles, California
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"This 5-time champ was a finalist in the 1998 Tournament of...
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Courtney Trezise, a senior from Michigan State University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Okemos, Michigan at...
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Christopher Meloni, a star from Law & Order: SVU and HBO's Oz
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"On TV, he's worked both sides of the law. Once a...
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Jane Kaczmarek, a TV, film and Broadway actress from Malcolm in the Middle and Raising the Bar
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"She went from playing a hard-nosed mom in Malcolm in the...
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Kerri Regan, a senior from Bethpage, New York
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500. 17 at the time of the...
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Steve Unite, a writer from Studio City, California
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Keith Williams, a sophomore at Middlebury College from Middlebury, Vermont
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"As a freshman from Middlebury College, he won the 2003 College...
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John Genova, a teacher from Granada Hills, California
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"From 1984, he was the earliest 5-time champion in the tournament....
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Emma Couture, a twelve-year-old from St. Petersburg, Florida
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"Here's a portrait of a smart young girl who sees her...
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Scott Wells, a medievalist from Los Angeles, California
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Season 27 player (2010-09-13). Season 26 player (2009-11-16). Scott was returned...
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Reggie Austin, an actor from Culver City, California
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Season 30 player (2013-12-31). Reggie appeared on Celebrity Name Game on...
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Steve Unite, a writer from Studio City, California
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Tricia Barreiro, an interactive project manager from Santa Monica, California
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Season 22 2-time champion: $24,398 + $1,000. Won $100,000 on Who...
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Scott Wells, a medievalist from Los Angeles, California
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Season 27 player (2010-09-13). Season 26 player (2009-11-16). Scott was returned...
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John Zhang, a junior from Lexington, Kentucky
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2003 Teen...
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Marty Scott, an assistant district attorney from Forney, Texas
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Season 26 3-time champion: $64,002 + $2,000. Marty won $250,000 on...
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Andy Davis, a Chyron operator from South Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 25 2-time champion: $49,799 + $1,000. Andy Davis - A...
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Ingrid Nelson, a judicial assistant from Lake Mills, Wisconsin
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Season 25 2-time champion: $27,802 + $2,000. Ingrid Nelson - A...
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Judy Mermelstein, a Census field representative from Queens, New York
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Season 25 1-time champion: $38,401 + $1,000. Judy also appeared on...
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Neil Patrick Harris, an actor from How I Met Your Mother
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"He's appeared on Broadway in Proof, Assassins, and Cabaret. He's now...
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David Skaar, a research scientist from Raleigh, North Carolina
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Season 25 3-time champion: $102,000 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Saad Hasan, a nanotechnology scientist from Nashville, Tennessee
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Season 26 1-time champion: $22,700 + $2,000. Saad Hasan Nashville, TN...
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Amy Wilson, a creative writing and women's studies student originally from Portland, Oregon
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Season 26 1-time champion: $19,999 + $2,000. Not to be confused...
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Joon Pahk, a college physics teacher from Somerville, Massachusetts
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2011 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 28 7-time champion: $199,000 + $2,000.
JBoard user name: jpahk
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Andy Srinivasan, a high school science teacher from Clayton, North Carolina
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $69,600...
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Jeff Matthews, a managing copy editor from Los Angeles, California
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Season 21 player (2004-10-26).
KJL game 60.
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Laura Hughes, a mom from New Market, Maryland
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Season 26 1-time champion: $27,500 + $2,000. Wife of Season 16...
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Christine Valada, a photographer and attorney originally from Walton, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $68,703...
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Michael McKean, a Grammy winner, Oscar nominee and multi-talented performer from Hairspray and The Pajama Game
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"This multi-talented performer is a Grammy winner and Oscar nominee and...
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Eric Betts, a senior from Emory University
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2009 College Championship first runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. 21 and...
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Dan Smith, a student from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 25 3-time champion: $69,200 + $1,000. Dan Smith - a...
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Rebecca Dixon, a graduate student and musician from Vancouver, Washington
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Season 26 2-time champion: $53,002 + $1,000. Rebecca and her partner...
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Carolyn Young, a homemaker from Marietta, Georgia
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Season 25 1-time champion: $30,000 + $2,000. Mother of Season 32...
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Ben Bishop, a student originally from Seattle, Washington
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2009 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $114,800...
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Jove Graham, a biomedical engineer from Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
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Season 26 1-time champion: $34,401 + $1,000. Jove's second contestant interview...
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Kimberly Jantz, an attorney from Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Season 26 1-time champion: $22,200 + $2,000. Kimberly Jantz - an...
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Matt DeTura, a recent law school graduate from Washington, D.C.
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Season 27 3-time champion: $61,601 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: MDT
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Paul Wampler, a web programmer from Knoxville, Tennessee
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Season 27 4-time champion: $72,001 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: paul5562
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Leah Anthony Libresco, a junior from Yale University
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2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Mineola, New York. Jeopardy!...
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Prashant Raghavendran, a sophomore from the University of Texas, Dallas
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Austin, Texas. Prashant Raghavendran Blog...
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Hill Harper, an author and actor from CSI: NY
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"As an award-winning author, he's written three New York Times best...
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Tom Nissley, an online books editor from Seattle, Washington
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2011 Tournament of Champions...
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a Basketball Hall of Famer and all-time leading scorer from the NBA
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"He's one of the greatest NBA players in history. Here's Hall...
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Katie Singh, a sophomore from Northwestern University from Austin, Texas
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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India Cooper, a copy editor from Madison, Indiana
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\"She was an actor and copy editor in New York City...
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Jerome Vered, a writer from Los Angeles, California
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"He was a writer living in Studio City, California, when he...
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Dave Belote, a recently retired base commander from Woodbridge, Virginia
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion:...
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Grace Thomas, an 11-year-old sixth grader from Raleigh, North Carolina
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"This captain of the Brain-Bowl team can name all the countries...
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Lindsey Hargrove, a senior at the University of Texas from Bellaire, Texas
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2004 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Mother's Jeopardy! Message Board user name: collegemom
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Lauren Romero, a senior from Denver, Colorado
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. According to the official Jeopardy! web...
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Evan Sandman, a hotel front desk manager from Los Angeles, California
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Season 28 1-time champion $28,801 + $2,000.
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Maria Bartiromo, a business anchor from CNBC
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2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-11). Charities: National Italian American Foundation...
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Butch Malec, a freshman at Reed College from Edinboro, Pennsylvania
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1999 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. In Butch's game, the entire Double...
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Oliver North, a radio talk show host from the Oliver North radio show
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"A combat-decorated Marine who now hosts a nationally syndicated radio talk...
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Dave Ellis, a singer-songwriter from Los Angeles, California
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Season 27 1-time champion: $16,000 + $2,000. Not to be confused...
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Michelle Chang, an 11-year-old from Suwanee, Georgia
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"This sixth grader picks the most unusual places to lose her...
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Jane Kaczmarek, an Emmy-nominated actress from Help Me Help You
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"As Lois on Malcolm in the Middle, she earned seven straight...
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David Hudson, Jr., an 11-year-old from Richmond, Virginia
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"If the L.A. Lakers don't have a spot for him, he'll...
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Max Zarou, a fifth-grade teacher originally from Culver City, California
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Season 24 1-time champion: $7,201 + $2,000.
Max appeared on Master Minds on 2023-08-10.
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Carlo Abulencia, a stay-at-home dad from Chatsworth, California
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Season 29 player (2012-10-16).
JBoard user name: carlocraig
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Marge Burgess, a homemaker from Glenview, Illinois
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Season 6 1-time champion: $9,601 + a trip from L.A. to...
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Crystal Leonard, a stay-at-home mom and substitute teacher from Upland, California
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Season 27 player (2011-06-07).
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Dan Rowley, an aerospace engineer from Westchester, California
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Season 20 player (2004-04-20).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: westchester guy
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Eric Idle, an actor and comedian from Monty Python's Flying Circus
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"A founding member of Monty Python's Flying Circus, he fulfilled a...
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Ali Binazir, an author and hypnotherapist from Santa Monica, California
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Season 27 player (2011-01-18).
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Mark Lee, a sales manager from Chicago, Illinois
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2003 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 18 4-time champion: $67,500...
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Dean Flagg, a contracts assistant from Los Angeles, California
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Season 29 player (2013-02-28).
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Kathleen Schultz, an assistant to the principal from Portland, Oregon
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Season 28 player (2011-12-19).
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Wes Pierce, a financial planner from Anaheim Hills, California
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Season 25 3-time champion: $47,199 + $2,000.
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Sue Richman, a certified public accountant from Oak Park, California
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Season 20 player (2004-06-30).
KJL game 21.
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Lauren Girard, a museum guest relations manager from Los Angeles, California
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Season 29 2-time champion: $51,000 + $2,000.
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Rob Groves, a classics lecturer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 29 2-time champion: $41,701 + $2,000.
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Jaldhar Vyas, a software developer and Hindu priest from Jersey City, New Jersey
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Season 28 player (2012-01-04). Last name pronounced like "VYAS" (in 1...
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Freddy Bee, a teacher from La Verne, California
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Season 23 1-time champion: $17,600 + $2,000.
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Joshua Allen, a student from North Hollywood, California
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Season 21 2-time champion: $39,001 + $1,000.
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Marmi Maramot, a transplant data analyst from Los Angeles, California
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Season 25 player (2008-12-24). Web site at marmijeopardy.com. Jeopardy! Message Board...
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David Daniel, a writer and copy editor from Woodland Hills, California
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Season 24 2-time champion: $30,600 + $1,000.
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Connie Walters, a freelance music teacher from Jamesville, New York
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Season 23 player (2007-03-22).
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Eric Rosen, a production assistant from Los Angeles, California
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Season 22 player (2005-09-16).
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Eric Brach, a teacher and author from Culver City, California
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Season 30 player (2014-01-06).
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Julie Huffman, a judicial research lawyer from Oxnard, California
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Season 30 player (2013-10-11).
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Chris Fleitas, a high school college prep counselor from San Francisco, California
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Season 28 2-time champion: $82,901 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "FLEE-tas".
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Doug Davies, an investment consultant from Monrovia, California
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Season 28 player (2011-12-20).
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Joey Falco, a writer from Santa Monica, California
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Season 28 3-time champion: $53,999 + $2,000.
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William Castañeda, a human resources professional from San Francisco, California
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Season 28 1-time champion: $9,400 + $1,000.
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Mary Maher, a L.A. area housing authority manager originally from Houston, Texas
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Season 9 2-time champion: $22,901.
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Steve Sobelman, a software architect from Culver City, California
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Season 27 player (2011-06-17).
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Rachel Liptak, a substitute teacher from Temecula, California
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Season 29 2-time champion: $48,002 + $2,000.
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Anne Olson, an accountant from Venice, California
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Season 29 player (2013-03-14).
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Matt Heimer, a magazine editor from Brooklyn, New York
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Season 24 player (2008-07-25).
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Ethan Brosowsky, an actor from Los Angeles, California
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Season 24 1-time champion: $21,600 + $2,000. Ethan and his "pub...
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Nate Meyer, an attorney from Los Angeles, California
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Season 23 player (2007-01-26).
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Toby Guebert, a community college instructor from Claremont, California
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Season 20 player (2004-06-01).
Last name pronounced like "GEE-bert".
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Thomas Talbot, a bookstore manager from New York, New York
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Season 22 player (2006-06-09).
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Leigh Hall, an executive assistant from Los Angeles, California
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Season 22 player (2006-06-19).
First name pronounced like "LEE".
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Frank Liu, an anesthesiologist from Los Angeles, California
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Season 23 player (2006-12-29).
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Jeremy Rasmussen, a computer security consultant from Lutz, Florida
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Season 23 1-time champion: $28,001 + $2,000.
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Luis Sandoval, a production scheduler from Los Angeles, California
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Season 22 player (2006-04-18).
First name pronounced like "LOO-ees".
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Joan Tosh, a manager from Port Chester, New York
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Season 22 player (2006-01-02).
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Steve Friedman, a writer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 22 player (2006-05-31).
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Anne Anglim, a public health physician from Pasadena, California
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Season 26 player (2010-07-13).
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Kevin Blackley, a service consultant from Los Angeles, California
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Season 21 1-time champion: $26,000 + $2,000.
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Lisa Horowitz, a social media editor from Los Angeles, California
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Season 26 player (2010-03-22).
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David Gibbs, an editor and graduate student from Los Angeles, California
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Season 21 player (2004-12-27).
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Adam Villani, an engineer from Long Beach, California
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Season 21 player (2004-10-27). KJL game 61. Adam won $80,000 on...
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Greg Taylor, a lawyer from Glendale, California
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Season 21 player (2004-09-17).
KJL game 48.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: 552
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Sara Harold, a mother and homemaker from San Diego, California
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Season 25 1-time champion: $11,500 + $1,000.
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Laura Innes, an actress from ER
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"She's Dr. Kerry Weaver, attending physician on the top-rated TV drama...
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Alyssa Morgan, a museum collections manager from Pasadena, California
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Season 26 player (2010-07-28).
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Justin Klos, a legislative staffer from Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
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Season 25 player (2009-04-27). Last name pronounced like "CLOSE" (as in...
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Zac Showers, a college English professor from Geneva County, Alabama
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Season 25 player (2008-12-03).
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Roy Arias, a building inspector from Rancho Cucamonga, California
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Season 23 player (2007-06-29).
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Dave Dye, an import specialist from Torrance, California
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Season 23 player (2007-06-20).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: TurboDave
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Michael Bandiera, an attorney from Burbank, California
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Season 23 player (2007-03-15).
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Inie Park, a research associate from Los Angeles, California
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Season 22 1-time champion: $10,800 + $1,000.
First name pronounced like "EE-nee".
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Keith Thorell, an attorney from Altadena, California
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Season 24 2-time champion: $29,600 + $2,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD...
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Alicia Aho, a bookseller from Seattle, Washington
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Season 22 1-time champion: $28,000 + $1,000.
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William Love, a brick manufacturer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 22 1-time champion: $7,599 + $2,000.
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Constance Swinger, a supervising deputy probation officer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 22 player (2006-01-10).
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Rena Miller, a university instructor from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Season 22 player (2006-04-03)
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Trisha Murai, a teacher originally from San Bruno, California
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Season 22 player (2006-03-27).
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Carl Brandt, an investor originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $70,799...
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Dan Jensen, a restaurant manager from Reston, Virginia
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Season 27 3-time champion: $58,203 + $1,000.
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Iddoshe Hirpa, a junior from Louisville, Kentucky
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2006 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
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Ashok Poozhikunnel, an underwriter from Wheaton, Illinois
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2013 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 29 4-time champion: $69,002...
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Ashok Poozhikunnel, an underwriter from Wheaton, Illinois
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2013 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 29 4-time champion: $69,002...
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Mikel Borg, a firefighter from Austin, Texas
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Season 3 player (1987-06-15). First name pronounced like \"MIKE-ul\". Mikel clearly...
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Mark Lee, a sales manager originally from Peoria, Illinois
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2003 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 18 4-time champion: $67,500...
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